Supreme Monarch

Chapter 66: Undead Duo

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Tyler walked towards the dead scouts with an idea on what to do, he would not use a complete spell, as that could potentially be dangerous for him and everyone else.

Luckily the incident with the Spatial storage ring had given him an idea of what he needed to do here, so he was glad he didn’t have to risk his spell going out of control and damaging his mana body further.

Tyler walked to the long metal table the two bodies were placed on and placed a hand on each of their heads. He then created a semi magic circle of the spell »wave of despair« within him and directed it at the two. This was a crude method of creating the undead as he was sure he had seen a book related to this in the library, so there had to be a simple spell for this at a higher tier.

Tyler’s magic circle was contracted to only produce the negative energy required for the spell but not actually cast the spell, he then used some runes from another spell he had learned to complete the magic circle, allowing the negative energy to be transferred by touch.

The reason he hadn’t just used the Touch of Despair spell was because, that spell, as a single target spell did not produce as much negative energy as the Wave of Despair. There were also various problems in just using the spell directly.

He could do something so complicated quite easily now because he had a great understanding of the first level of the intermediate magic runes and this was a tier 1 spell with basic magic runes and a few intermediate runes.

Once the magic circle was done, he funneled the negative energy inside the two corpses. There was a chance of failure but Albert said since their bodies were still intact after taking in so much negative energy already, the chance should be minuscule. The table soon vibrated under his hand and Tyler immediately stopped. The two previously lifeless bodies started convulsing vigorously which startled Erin.

Liz went over to hold her hands and Tyler wasn’t sure if it was because she was also scared or maybe she just wanted to support Erin. The bodies shook rapidly and a greyish black aura slowly escaped the frozen corpses’ pores and wrapped around their bodies. This reminded Tyler of when he had met the girls and he instinctively turned his gaze towards them and they looked away awkwardly.

The bodies slowly calmed down but the aura of death still emanated from them. Everyone watched closely as the bodies slowly morphed into something else. This was the first time any of them was witnessing the creation of the undead and there was a mixture of various emotions amongst them.

The aura slowly diminished and the figures of the previously frozen corpses were now drastically different. The tall guy was now even taller and could even be called a giant, it was almost eight feet tall and had grey shriveled skin that seemed to have little to no flesh in them as they clung tightly to its bones, making it look like a skeleton. Its face was even more dried up and a black helmet that wasn’t there before was now covering half its face.

Looking at the body now it had the same menacing black armor that oozed the same aura of death. It also had a black shield that had what Tyler thought to be a tormented face on its front and the same ax it had previously only it had gotten larger. The other guy had grown a bit taller as well, it wore a decrepit black robe with a similar cloak and its skin was similar to the large guy only some part had already peeled off revealing tainted white bones on its face and arms.

Tyler could tell that one was a mage and the other a warrior but, he didn’t know exactly what they were so he turned to ask Albert only to see the bewildered expression on his face. Just as Tyler was about to ask him what he knew anyway, the empty sockets of the undead Duo suddenly lit up. At this point, the aura wrapped around them had completely dissipated.

Only a faint fog-like substance escaped their bodies with a menacing look to them. The dead arose and suddenly moved, being on guard, Albert immediately pulled out his sword from his spatial storage ring. The two undead struggled to stand and an audible sound of bones grinding could be heard. Tyler thought this could be the side effects of using a frozen corpse so he made a mental note about that.

Once both things stood up their previously empty eye sockets that now possessed little white flames dancing in them, darts around the room and the girls took several steps back. Even Rain who Tyler had thought would not be afraid had also taken steps back with Albert being on high alert.

The undead turned to look at Tyler and hesitated. This was the first time he came faced with such imposing figures and the aura of death around them gave him goosebumps. The gaze of the dead didn’t linger on him though, as the large guy clad in a pitch-black menacing knight armor let out a shriek that almost took away their hearing.

The shriek was soul-piercing and it made the girls feel like a thousand needles were piercing their skin at the same time. Although they were all able to resist the wail, Jarret on the other hand, wasn’t able to. His ears bled profusely as he rolled on the ground screaming in pain.

Before anyone could react, the undead knight stopped and pounced on Albert as it turned its back on Tyler without giving him a second glance. Albert braced himself for the impact and used a defensive technique. “Mountain Stance.” He raised the blade in front of him and the black knight’s large ax came down upon him. A resounding sound of metal bouncing off a solid object was heard and the black knight staggered back after losing its balance.

Erin used the opportunity to run over to Jarret’s side and heal him, with Rain and Liz accompanying her in case the second undead decided to attack as well.

The black knight did not retreat, it roared and lunged at Albert a second time only to be met with the same results. Albert knew he couldn’t keep this up as the undead never got tired and he would be the one running out of stamina. From the previous attacks, he had gotten a grip of the level of this undead. It was around the top of Tier 3 and was even way stronger than Jarret, even though they were both Tier 3.

The black knight may have been at the same level as Jarret when it was still alive so the improvement from turning undead Was impressive. However Albert knew that wasn’t all, the undead never tires, never hunger, and had various resistance to control magic so this Tier 3 warrior knight known as a black knight would even be able to go toe to toe with an ordinary Tier 4 fighter.

With that Albert prepared to end this fight immediately. He took another stance and used a skill. °Demons Aura° A faint golden aura could be seen around him as he intercepted the undead’s charge. Keeping his blade in its sheath he swung it forcefully and the black knight reacted quicker than expected and raised its shield in an attempt to block the attack.

However Albert simply used more force and the large imposing figure of almost 8ft was sent flying, slamming into a wall at the far end of the room causing a large bang. The room was reinforced with magic runes yet Tyler still felt like the room shook from the impact, he wondered if he had any spells that could restrain such a creature but someone else had intervened before he could.

“Spirit Bind”

Erin said after she was done healing Jarret and aqua blue illusionary vines appeared from within the walls and bound the monster in place. No matter how it struggled the monster could not escape the seemly fragile binds. Albert made a sigh of relief and everyone in the room turned to face the second undead in the room.

It hadn’t made a move the entire time, even though Albert was secretly keeping an eye on it, there were still plenty of chances for it to strike.

The undead mage made several rough movements and the sound of cracking bones could be heard causing Albert to take a fighting stance, yet the undead creature did not move. It turned its flame-lit gaze at each of them before landing at Tyler and it immediately averted its gaze. Tyler was annoyed, this was the second time they had ignored him and he was no longer having it. He decided to see how strong this one was personally and test his spatial skill while he was at it.

Taking a single step something that shocked even him happened, a hoarse and odd voice that didn’t seem like it belonged in the land of the living reverberated in the room. “I… T-this one… cannot… win.” Everyone’s eyes went wide as they stood rooted to their spot. “This one has no choice but surrender.” It spoke again and Tyler was sure of it, the mage undead could speak.

“A Lich.” Those were the only words that escaped Albert’s mouth as Tyler slowly processed what a Lich was. A powerful undead magic caster that was rumored to be a commander type that leads other undead in battle, they possessed strong offensive magic attacks and could continuously cast a single spell without limit. For ordinary lich, the spell varied but was usually the tier one spell Fireball and Tier 2 spell, Arcane beam.

‘Wait wasn’t this what we were hoping for? if it can talk then it is quite intelligent right, so we can communicate.’ Tyler glanced at Albert and he understood, he quickly composed himself and spoke. His words seem to drag the girls from their daze and their shocked looks turned to curious gaze.

“What do you mean by surrender?”

“This one has judged its current situation and knows it can’t win against anyone here.”

“Does this one have a name?”

“This one has no name as this one has just awakened from the void.”

“What do you remember before waking up?”

“This one remembers only hatred for the living and the infinite darkness.”

‘I guess it really was far-fetched to think they would remember being alive when they tend to only hate the living.’ Tyler realized something so he decided to ask a question himself. “Do you not feel any hatred towards us right now, how are you able to remain calm?”

The lich turned its head to look at Tyler only to immediately avert its gaze before speaking wearily. “This one was born without a master so this one has decided to preserve its life and seek only knowledge. This one also knows it’s unwise to offend its source.”

“Source?” Albert said confused and Tyler was just wondering how the lich knew about him, did they share a connection, or was an undead without fear that much of a coward.

It wasn’t rare for an intelligent undead to get along with the living for personal gain like knowledge or to satisfy a particular curiosity, but even Albert hadn’t heard of an undead that wanted to preserve it’s life. “Perhaps, it’s a result of the circumstances surrounding it’s death, it may have been able to resist some of the mental influence of your spell before he died.” Rain chimed in trying to provide a possible reason.

The lich must’ve been a magic caster when it was alive so they all thought this was an acceptable answer, and Albert thought the same after the girls filled him in on what happened. The only problem now was what to do with the undead duo. One of them was unreasonable and the other was a coward that could not be trusted.

Tyler sighed and left the rest to Albert, there wasn’t anything he could do, at least not yet.