125 Counter-Measures Part 2 (1/2)

Giant Blade's group were shown the stairs towards the bas.e.m.e.nt of the castle and then the captain left to look after the guards that were probably still knockout cold. The truth was that they were there to protect the people in the streets from losing their minds and even their souls if they were to wonder into one of the higher ups rooms.

Nightmare was a level 49 Shadowknight and he was a person that found it annoying to withdraw his Unholy Aura for the benefit of others. In his mind, if a person could not withstand the corrosive effect of the Aura that was barely leaking from him then there had no business approaching him. There was only one thing that people came to see Nightmare about and that was to provide him with information of his Arch Nemesis Sigfrid.

The History between the two was as long and b.l.o.o.d.y as the history of the two cities. Their Cla.s.ses were not only polar opposites but throughout the years of struggles many family members had been lost to each other including Nightmare's wife and son. The War for the avatar sets that took the Evil Alignment followers by surprise was the beginning of their hatred.

Nightmare's son was a Level 25 Shadowknight and carried one of the pieces of the G.o.d of Hate Set and as the son of the right hand man of Degark Harbinger he was the first target. The Mission was taken by Sigfrid and he slaughtered the household when Nightmare was in a different part of town being attack by Pendragon's personal Guards.

The lost of his family left a deep scar on Nightmare that made it his life's goal to avenge his wife and son by killing what he considered a coward of a man.

Nightmare was the right hand man of Harbinger but if there were any news that Sigfrid was out and about, nothing could stop him from leaving to seek revenge. The feeling of desolation after losing everything made his Unholy Aura extremely powerful but in all the years of confrontations the score still remained 20 wins and 20 loses with neither of them able to give the coup de grâce.

The Bas.e.m.e.nt Giant Blade was walking through was barely lit but the room were Nightmare was staying at was completely devoid of any light. The bas.e.m.e.nt was also extremely cold and the aura of undead that leaked from the Shadowknight produced Low Level skeletal soldiers that roam the bas.e.m.e.nt.

Giant Blade walked with his wives while releasing his own energy to offset the corrosive effect around them and it also acted as a repellent for the bags of bones moving around.

A very raspy voice echoed throughout the dungeon, ”Aren't you far away from home?”

”h.e.l.lo to you too… I got good news for you”

”Is it about Sigfrid?”

”Yup… Thanks to my Disciple killing a bunch of G.o.d of Justice followers, he should be coming for us”

”I thought you didn't want to be involved with all this, What did you call it? … Ah yes.. Nonsense Rivalry!! and that is why you hid in that temple of yours”

”Look Who's talking! This feels like a tomb man, and you need some fresh air. Sigfrid should be on his way to the abyss and should be the perfect time to hit their echelons hard... oh and this is going to get messy with the demons so please let your boss know that the beef is only against that church”

”How many did you kill?”

”A few hundred…”

”Who are you trying to fool Blade, that doesn't bring Sigfrid out”

”Well... we might have removed the Sword of Justice from his previous owner” Said Giant Blade wiping the sweat from his forehead

”Omega is dead?”

”We didn't kill Omega but we did something to the Sword so now is a mess. Anyway, he is coming out so now is your chance to do what you do best” With those final comments Giant Blade had achieved his purpose in Blackrock.

Nightmare's sunken eyes stared at the spot his guest stood before and trembled with excitement, ”Is It true?”

There was no way to distinguish anything in the bas.e.m.e.nt since there was no light but another voice resounded in the s.p.a.ce. ”There is an unconfirmed rumor about the Sword of Justice being destroyed but there is no precedent of something like that being possible so I thought it was a ruse of the organization to make money”.

”Wonderful! a.s.semble the team, we are going to the abyss”.

In the deepest part of the castle, Degark Harbinger was sitting on a throne made out of Mithril while listening to a report from a young coercer that seem to be in the mid thirties in terms of Levels. He was reading the reports that were considered the most important and the rumor of the Sword of Justice being destroyed was one of them followed by the report of Nightmare heading towards the abyss. Degark frowned a bit but quickly continued with his duties as the ruler of the city giving orders to all his subordinates.

Rahz's team did the best they could to prepare for what was coming and finally could take a small break. There had not been much time to inspect the gains his little adventure to Na.s.s had provided him with and there was a huge overflow of Energy released back into the Realm