184 The Tenebrous Sanctum (1/2)
The Erudite was dressed in a mage robe that looked to be of great quality but his eyes seem to be vacant, ”This is the floating Island controlled by the Great Poison Dragon, Venekius and it is known as the Tenebrous Sanctum. I am a member of the knowledge seeking race known as the Erudites, and throughout the years we were able to develop illusion magic that was able to fool the Scaleborns and as a result we were able to construct a portal to the Realm in the Sky”
”My name is Pythagoras and I am a level 50 Illusionist member of the Council of Truth in the great city of Odus and I'll will be your point of contact during your time here. Since you are here, you must have been sent by the Alliance to weaken the forces of the Great Dragons and delayed their invasion upon our side of the Realm”
”WOAH… This is really cool Bato, I am really inspired to give my life to complete the mission just by listening to him” said Rahz
”It's amazing, isn't it”
”The average level of your group is 36 which barely qualifies you to obtain the first mission 'Create a path towards the temple'. Accomplish the mission, and we can cement our foothold in this floating island”. Follow the river upstream and defeat Captain Halar a scaleborn warrior of the Fourth Tier, he is ruthless and seem to hold an important position among the Dragonkin guarding the entrance. Do not leave anybody alive, you know what they say... only dead people can keep secrets”.
”Oh I almost forgot! take this two things …The first one is for you to rub on your bodies, It will help you fool that old thing at the center of the temple but beware, it will only last 5 days. The second item is the scale of a Chaos Scaleborn, leave it somewhere by the entrance. Old rules apply, anything you kill is yours to keep and if you run into trouble I do not exist...if you bring them back here I'll kill you myself”
Gulp! Jazz tremble in his boots while Rahz took out Apocalypse but before he could take a step forward he was knocked on the back of the head by the Erudite.
”Put it back quickly!!! This is a stealth mission, Dragons are very sensitive to natural law so no Realm Weapons allowed. Just steal one of the soldiers weapons, they are better than anything the alliance can produce anyways”
Rahz frowned immediately, if they were like anything like what they experience in the fifth gate, only Ridd.i.c.ks Polearm could hurt them. Surprisingly enough Bato took a pair of fist weapons that looked like a the head of a Tiger and glowed with red Runes all over.
The weapons were a present from the leaders of the alliance that tried to recruit the Temple of the Rising Sun to fight against the Dragonkin. They were made from Adamant.i.te and were enchanted by a famous Erudite Enchanter, last name Fizzlecast.
”It has three enchantments on it, Penetration which allows some of the force to bypa.s.s the external defense of the enemy, Gale Force Striking which sometimes increased the attack speed of the wearer allowing him to attack twice, and the last one was a rune that gathered Kinetic energy and transformed it into an Electric current that was discharged against the opponent once it was full”. Said Bato with a smile on his face.
The revelation of the Fist Weapons left Rahz burning with jealousy and also being the only one without a powerful weapon that could easily penetrate the skin of the Dragonkin.
”The Erudite is right, I could always take the weapon from a Scaleborn Soldier”.
The group made their way up the road and discovered that the illusion reached all the way to the edge of the island and made it look like there was nothing but a precipice there.
The Tenebrous Sanctum was not tenebrous at all, instead, it look like a prehistoric island with the vegetation and flora to match. Every creature they saw was humongous in size, from the 2 feet mosquitos to the wyverns, and basilisk that walked the land at their leisure.
In the background of the landscape, the silhouette of a pyramid in a style similar to the aztecs stood tall, the structure was so far away that the group was not even able to see the sentinels patrolling on it.
The river depicted by the Erudite during the briefing was really easy to find as it actually split the island in two and it seem to come from the direction of the pyramid like structure.
”Well, let's get to it” said Rahz as he looked towards Jazz that immediately trembled with fear.
”Don't worry buddy, it would be ok” said Ridd.i.c.k.
Rahz took out a knife and started moving slowly towards some bushes while Jazz played Accelerando and left to gather some prey.
It was not too difficult for Jazz to get a group of monsters together and in less than 3 minutes he return followed by 8 mosquitos that radiated killing intent.
CHAOS CHAINS!
The mosquitos were level 35 themselves and they struggled to get free from the chains that bind them. It was at this moment when Bato appeared behind them and used, Whirlwind Dragon Punch.
TA TA TA TA…