Chapter 9: Archbishop
Dong! Dong! Dong!
He left the third shop he visited in town. "It seem everything in this place is useless to me" Be it potions, equipment or skillbooks, they all required necromancer related classes, the only exception were some Spell Scrolls but they required items he didn't have.
Spell Scrolls, like Speed Scroll, could be used to cast magic without the need for learn the spell or use mana. Even non magic classes could cast a magic spell if they possesed one, though, the casting time of melee players would obviously be slower than the proficient mages.
The cathedral bells were ringing again, seeing no more point wandering around he decided to go there.
The cathedral was the biggest building in town, it had a very spacious square in front from which a stair of at least thirty steps rose before the tall gates.
As Leroy started walking across the square in direction of the stairs, the doors abruptly opened and an aura of death and darkness rushed out to the sorroundings and black mana covered the stairs, tendrils of it kissed the tiles of the square.
A figure appeared at the top of the stairs, red fire burned in his eyes as it looked down at Leroy who inmediatly raised his guard.
The figure was very tall, it had archbishop robes, dark violet and golden jewelry rested in his shoulders as it wrapped itself around his head.
As it took the first step into the now dark-covered stairs, the air around felt dense enough as if one could cut it with a knife.
"Ohh Mas... half-moon..." his aura grow stronger while he murmured. "I'd followed you.. so long... yet you choose a weakling like him... a human! even!" The fire in his eyes grew denser as he looked at Leroy's cloths and the runic carvings on it.
"You are not worthy!" the dark mana sorrounding him exploded forth as if trying to swallow Leroy.
"I fought so long for him, I followed him everywhere and battled side by side, even this everlasting wounds, I received without complain when his enemies came... and yet... here you are, and yet... he choose you!" He couldn't contain his rage any longer, mana gathered above his head, forming three Dark Arrows that shot at Leroy at high speed.
Dodge!, Dodge!, "Dark arrow", Dodge!
Leroy did his best to dodge the attack and even tried countering it with his own spell, his arrow scattered as the enemy's continued forward still forcing him to dodge. He managed to dodge them by chance.
"This boss, it is just too strong, how can I fight this thing? I cant even see his Tier"
Archbishop Poltier (Tier ???) (Weakened)
Level: 10
HP: 325,000/325,000
"Heh, so weak yet you actually had the courage to try get his legacy from this place, how admirable" a gray skinned face appeared from within the hood. Dark Fire gathered in two spheres in front of the Archbishop "Dark Fireball", Leroy inmediatly recognized the spell as an improved version of the one he used. Both Fireballs were at least five times bigger and much denser than what Leroy could cast! Shoot!
Right after Poltier made his first attack, Leroy already burned a Speed Scroll. Both fireballs came from left and right, he started jumping backwards.
Booom!!
The earth seem to break apart as two craters formed in the ground, the sorrounding tiles turned black and started to melt.
That was so close! The blood inside Leroy started boiling at what would happened if he was to get hit by the spell.
"Ooh you are actually good at dodging" Poltier had a mocking expression "Let's see how much more you can dodge!" five Dark Arrows went flying straight to him.
With sweat pouring down from his face, Leroy managed to dodge two arrows by rolling to the front and the other three by jumping backwards.
"Dark Fireball" while in mid air a ball of fire shot towards the Archbishop's chest.
"Parlor tricks" Poltier swung his staff trying to hit the ball, but the fireball curved down and he missed his target.
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The fireball struck his stomach fully.
The Archbishop had a surprised expression that soon transformed into rage!, that ant actually managed to hit him!
While on the other hand, Leroy face grew ugly, not only the monster level was much higher but his defense were outstanding as well.
In truth, if any player managed to deal more than 100 damage even with a critical hit, they would be regarded as a top level expert in God's Domain.
Two Dark Fireballs along with two Dark Arrows shot towards Leroy. "Undead Wolf Call" an undead wolf appeared ten meters in front of Leroy, jumping mid air as a dark arrow and dark fireball made it explode into pieces inmediatly.
He managed to get out of the second fireball attack while the arrow cut a strand of his hair.
"This is getting too bad too fast" His Speed Scroll duration ended and a sense of urgency rushed into him
"Hahaha why.. half moon are you seeing this! this is the one you choose!" Poltier laughed histerically.
Leroy knew he should get in close range from the boss, but with their difference in stats, a single physical attack on himself and he would be a goner anyway.
Still, it was better than standing there dodging. "It is time to try this" he rushed in a seemly chaotic pattern that made it look slow and fast at the same time, archbishop started casting, he wouldn't let his enemies get into close range, regardless of how weak they were, it was a mage primary instinct.
Three dark arrows appeared in front of Poltier and were shot at higher speed than before, but this time, none of them managed to get even close to Leroy.
A shocked expression appeared in Poltier's cold gray face.
"Something like this actually works" Leroy had a calm expression seen the arrows shot past him. It was actually a movement technique that made it hard for his enemies to understand his real movement speed, making them miscalculate what his position would be.
Two Dark Fireballs shot to him, one of them shot past him while the other exploded a few meters in front.
Boom! an explosion that must've been heard all around town created craters and cuased pitch black smoke to surge.
Archbishop Poltier narrowed his eyes, he wasn't sure he managed to hit his target
Sorrounded by the dark smoke, Leroy stood on a piece of floor that separated two craters with dark fire raging on them.
Sensations Casting Potion consumed: Speed Casting +11%, Int + 5, Dark Damage +10%
"Raven Blessing": Int + 20, Mana + 300 and Magic Damage + 30
He used his self made potion and the hood's buff skill. From the smoke, a Dark Arrow followed by a Dark Fireball shot toward the Archbishop.
Poltier split apart the Dark Arrow hit his staff and side-stepped to dodge the fireball, but the fireball also curved itself and exploded in his head.
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"Arrrrgh" Poltier once again raged at this insult.
Without the Archbishop noticing, the sorrounding dark mana started to gather around the square, Leroy was controlling it and turning it into pitch black fog.
Poltier finally noticed that fog started to affect his vision, he shot two fireballs at the direction that this ant attack came from
"As expected... although his spells are very strong he can't feel in the dark" Leroy said with a smile, both of them were blinded by the darkness, but almost unnoticeble strands of mana were spreading around the square with Leroy at the center, as if it was a spider web.
Leroy just closed his eyes and focused at sensing the disturbances in the mana that formed his web-like formation. He sensed two hot auras rushing somewhere before a loud sound of explosions spread everywhere.
"Curse you damnable ant!" Archbishop Poltier cursed as he casted Dark Arrows and Dark Fireballs everywhere.
Sensing this, Leroy snickered, "such strong power, yet such a shallow mastery of it". "Dark Arrow" he chanted.
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Poltier got hit in his chest by the arrow and inmediatly retaliated with his own at the position he tought the attack came from.
Leroy sensed the arrow missing by six meters and a mocking smile appeared on his face.
"Arrrgh" Leroy let out an agonizing scream before running out from his position.
Hearing the scream, Poltier had a satisfied smile "Hahaha, foolish ant, you tought you could pose a challenge to me with your strength?"
For the first time, he moved from his position near the stairs to the center, where the scream came from, trying to look around, he couldn't find the humans corpse.
Boom!
-980 Critical Hit
A dark mass of fire hit the back of his head and his smile froze before screaming in anger.
At least three fireballs crashed with a loud sound and were followed by the rushed steps of the Archbishop.
"Half-Moon Curse"
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Poltier lost 240 hp before he could stop.
"Rwao"
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An undead wolf took a bite at his legs before dissapearing, Poltier couldn't see what thing has attacked him but he didn't hesistate to cast a spell.
Bone spikes started to shoot from the ground nearby him into the air but didn't hit anything.
"Dark Arrow"
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Poltier passed from rage to helplessness as more than five hours passed by.
Archbishop Poltier (Tier ???) (Weakened)
Level: 10
230,000/325,000
Even after five hours of being in the receiving end, he only lost 95k of hp.
"I admitt the usefullness of your tricks, but in the end, only true power remains!" Poltier said loudly, Leroy started to feel from his web five more creatures around Poltier.
"Two wolfs and three dark knights" he mutered.
The wolf and dark knights scattered in the fog searching for their summoner's enemy.
Ths time, Leroy had a harder time dealing damage to the boss without being noticed. More than once he ended up dodging a wolf pounce.
Another four hours passed and he was starting to get tired, using this technique placed a burden in his concentration, even if his body was very strong, on the other hand, Poltier didn't lose more than 40k of damage as he couldn't freely attack now, three more wolfs were summoned to a total of five.
"I will show you! why I should be the chosen one!" Poltier said in a loud voice as dense mana started to gather around him.
Suddenly, a team of 10 Dark Knights was summoned, at the same time, above in the air, a ball of black mana condensed, and Dark Arrows started to descend into the fog. Sensing this, Leroy couldn't help but frown.
"Dark Arrow"
He sent an arrow, this time, not targeting Poltier, but the oposing direction of his. The wolfs and the nights followed the sound while dark arrows were shot into the area.
"Dark Fireball"
-370
"Argh" a raging scream resounded in the darkness as five huge fireballs crashed quite close to Leroy's area.
"Is he getting used to it?" Leroy's sense of urgency was triggered by the attack, it was the closest that Poltier's attack were to hit him since he produced the dark fog.
Splash splash splash
Dark arrows followed soon after.
Burning a Speed Scroll, Leroy quickly left the area to his left. The wolfs and knights scattered into their opposite direction.
Suddenly, a dark night's feet were enveloped by dark vines, he shouted and hacked at them but couldn't get ride of them.
Boom Boom Boom!
Three consecutive explosions resounded as the dark knight was blown into pieces.
"Dark Arrow" "Dark Fireball"
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This time, Poltier himself rushed into the position.
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"Argh Despicable ant! I will kill you" Once again poltier raged as a large amount of mana covered his staff. If the fight continued like this, this human may be capable of killing him. "If only these wounds just disappeared".
Swosh! He waved his staff and dark waves of mana rushed into the area of the attack.
Boom! Crack!
One wave after another hit and destroyed the ground, as Poltier moved, the waves attacked a 90º area.
"What a scary move" if he remained in his position after the attack, not even a strand of his hair would remain.
"Summon Dark Knight" Leroy used his skill and a tall figure appeared in the fog, away from his position.
"Undead Wolf Call" another figure appeared, closer to the Archbishop.
Leroy's dark knight slashed with his sword at an enemy knight. Altough he was no match for the ones summoned by the Archbishop, his controler could see in the dark, while it could only react to the enemy movements or noises.
Inmediatly after, more than five fireballs and twenty dark arrows blowed Leroy's Knight and two others into pieces.
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The undead wolf took this chance and bited the archbishop leg, but this time it didnt manage to return.
"Foul Beast!" Poltier used his other leg to kick him away while a dark arrow descended from the sphere in the sky and crushed it. The sphere in the air vanished.
-970 Critical Hit
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The fight went on like these for hours now. Archbishop Poltier put a great amount of power behind each attack and had many subordinates, Leroy's mastery rendered it useless. Even though Poltier seemed to improve along the fight, he didn't have enough time.
Archbishop Poltier has been killed.
You have leveled up
You have leveled up
You have leveled up
Reputation with undead +300
System: Congratulations on being the first player to kill a Grand Lord.
Rewards: Skill Treasure Chest x1, Level +2
You have leveled up
You have leveled up
Leroy saw the a bright light as Poltier fell to the ground.
"That was... so intense" Leroy fell on his back breathing deeply with a smile on his face.
Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
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