In a dark crypt that is only lit by three candles is an altar made of stone with a crystal skull place on top of it. The crystal skull is made of a reflective crystals tone with blue body and green overcoat. The skull is just sitting on top of the stone altar when its eye sockets suddenly glowed with pale blue wisps.
The crystal skull suddenly floated in mid-air as the fire in its eye sockets suddenly formed a skeletal frame. The fiery skeletal frame suddenly started to materialize until it became real bone. This crystal skull is the last life vessel that is available for the Arch Lich Malus.
The Arch Lich Malus stored this life vessel in a secret location that even he will find it difficult to come since he erased the memory of this location from his own memory. This is how thorough the Arch Lich Malus is in preserving his own life after escaping from his seal.
The Arch Lich Malus did not even trust himself with the location of his last life vessel so why would he trust it to one of his underlings to protect. The Arch Lich Malus inspected his newly formed body to see if everything fine. If the Arch Lich Malus is asked then it is not fine because he is resurrected in a weak body of a skeleton in the level 100.
“I will regain my strength and have my revenge. It is quite fortunate that I managed to find this mana spring a few days after I was released from my seal. If I just completely dry up this spring then I will recover to about half my former glory.” The Arch Lich Malus told himself as he laughed heartily. 𝑖𝘦.𝒸𝘰𝑚
This mana spring where the Arch Lich hid his life vessel is the reason why he had an almost unlimited supply of mana. Also, the Arch Lich Malus that resurrected is no longer an Arch Lich but rather just a Lich if a player appraised the status of the undead. The “Arch Lich Malus” was defeated by the imperial army with the indirect help of the Daemos which is why the players were rewarded.
“O how the mighty have fallen. It seems that you are much more difficult to kill than a cockroach. In my opinion, you are a cockroach that is just using the form of an undead.” The voice of someone familiar to the Arch Lich Malus is suddenly heard from behind him.
“This voice! The Envoy of the Dark Gods!” The Lich Malus shouted as he looked back to see the form of Eldritch behind him with a glowing green orb in his right hand.
“Hahahaha! Do you not wonder how you landed in this situation? The ever calculating and calm Arch Lich Malus actually lost his reason and went berserk? How could that have ever happen?” Eldritch questioned mockingly.
The Lich Malus then tried to remember what happened before he suddenly went berserk. He was so focused on protecting his Necropolis at the time because of the chaotic elemental sphere that he paid no heed to one of the dark magicians just behind the paladins of the Church of Light.
The Lich Malus tried his best to remember and he did. The dark magician threw something towards him when the paladins of the Church of Light weakened due to the Arch Lich Malus using Life Drain. The Lich Malus tried his best to remember what was exactly thrown towards him and he vaguely remembers that it took the form of a starfish like monster with an eye in the middle of its body.
“Do you now remember how you suddenly got mad? Do you remember this little cutie here?” Eldritch stated as he showed the Lich Malus what he was hiding in his left hand. It was the same creature that he vaguely remembered which was thrown at him.
The Arch Lich Malus back then paid no heed towards the creature thrown at him because it was only the size of a palm and he was five meters tall back then. The Arch Lich Malus was also very confident with his defenses back then but that was the real start of his downfall. The monstrous thing that was thrown at him was the Malignant Seed of Wrath.
It is a small parasitic creature that feeds upon the insecurity of the person it attaches itself to. It then amplifies the feeling of the host’s insecurities and turns them into rage. This Malignant Seed of Wrath usually empowers its host using the host’s wrath but that is only for individuals and monsters that has formed skills that makes them more powerful the angrier they get.
If the Malignant Seed of Wrath is suddenly attached to host that is not compatible to it then it would only bring the host destruction. The particular Malignant Seed of Wrath that is attached to the Arch Lich Malus is even empowered by Eldritch which is why it showed its effects much faster than it normally would.
“You! YOU ARE THE REASON FOR MY DOWNFALL!” The Arch Lich Malus shouted with indignation as he tried to accumulate mana for a spell to strike Eldritch down with.
Eldritch did not even bother erecting any barriers because he knows how weak the Lich Malus in front of him has become. He did not even bother explaining how he found this mana spring where the Arch Lich Malus left his last life vessel. He would be far too busy for that now as he needed to prepare for the coming of the Dark Gods.
“I no longer have any business with you. I am far too lazy to play with someone as weak as you. If you were not needed to power the core of the Star Mother then you would have another chance for your vengeance but alas. Fate is a cruel mistress.” Eldritch stated as he activated the core of the Star Mother.
The body of the Lich Malus suddenly started gravitating towards the green orb. The Lich Malus tried resisting it but his body started becoming something like a spiritual form.
“What is happening!?” The Lich Malus cried out but he could not resist the pulling force of the green orb. It did not take long until all of his body is successfully absorbed and the Lich Malus could no longer enact his revenge.
“Finally, the core has become perfect. All I need now is to create a gate.” Eldritch told himself as he smiled like a villain.
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The Arch Lich is no more and the imperial army marched towards the Undead King’s Citadel while they are still drunk on their previous victory. The imperial army is met with disappointment though as the Undead Citadel is no longer standing in the area where it was supposed to be. The imperial army went back to the capital of the empire to receive their rewards.
The Undead King’s Citadel is back to the realm of the dead as they needed new land to place it that is away from the influence of the living. One might think that the central continent is back to normal but that is far from the truth as the kingdoms that agreed to the treaty with the Undead King were branded as heretic. Those kingdom do not regret what they had done though as they greatly benefited from the grace of the Undead King unlike what the Empire has done for them for the past couple of years.
The one who is having it more difficult now are Adrian and Marlon. Their in-game names have now been seen along with a screenshot of their game characters. The hunt for them has finally started in earnest because who wouldn’t like the members of two secretive races only spoken in folktales.
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