Bab 39: Aw shit, here we go again....
Darkness: ...Alex? Hey… Alex! Say something!
Alex, with Nightmare on his hand lowered, remained still with his head down and Vanir's mask on his face. Soon, he slowly raised his head and said.
Alex?: Fuhahahaha! Fuhahaha! Listen up girl! This special power of moi-[What the? Everything went suddenly blank, hey Darkness, what the hell is on my face?]. How about it girl, if thou dare attack this ma-[Vanir?! What the fuck are you doing here?! You son of a bla-]Language, boy!
Darkness: Uhhh…
She didn't know how to respond to this situation.
Vanir: How can this be, what's with this man!? His mental tenacity is too strong… [This happens when you have a lazy and useless girl, ISIS incarnate and a masochist woman every day with you, nig-] Hey, hey, no racist terms allowed.
Still, to resist moi control, thou art a formidable opponent! [Nhhhg!]
Suddenly, Alex's Nightmare was pointed towards the door at the other side, where the magic circle was, and said.
Alex: [Skill Locked]!
Then, the holy presence emanated from that door disappeared without a single trace, since the target was a magic circle, it would be deactivated forever, until replaced.
Alex: Alright… Now I am relaxe-Arrrrgh!!!
Vanir: If you keep resisting my control, thou shall suffer horrible pains!
Darkness: Alex!
Then Darkness put herself on a defensive stance, not wanting to attack Alex's body, now it seemed that Vanir took complete control and pointed Nightmare at Darkness.
Vanir: Hahaha! This body is marvelous! Even if it is physically weak, it can use such magnificent skills! Come, my blades!
Then 2 Oblivion Blades of Nulgath came from nothing, then he used Nightmare to point to the girl.
Vanir: Hold her back while I do my job! [Shackle]!
Darkness: No, wait!
Vanir rushed out with chains increasing his speed while the Oblivion Blades blocked Darkness' way.
Right now Vanir could be considered hard to defeat, but there was something that he didn't accounted for… Plot armor.
He was already in the middle of the way to the outside, when… The floor started to glow? No, wait… That glow was familiar…
Vanir: Wha-[Oh for fucks sake! Not again!]
It was the magic circle that teleported Alex and Chris back then… It wasn't still removed yet…
The glow started to brighten before Alex and Vanir vanished from the dungeon. During the time that Alex blacked out, a golden and ancient glow surrounded him, and snapped in two Vanir's mask.
?: ...Chosen one… Please help the world before I will be unable to do anything, I will also give you my first and last gift…
Alex opened his eyes, before gazing at orange-dark sky over his head. His ears started to hear sounds of people fighting and swords clashing nearby. He slowly sat up while he rubbed his head and looked around.
He was just below a cliff, flames were burning trees to ashes, and fully armored knights were fighting against undeads armed with a blade and a shield.
This should be Adventure Quest World again, and this place was a bit familiar, but he couldn't remember what place it was. Since he was a veteran in the game, his attention was turned to the weekly events, not on the storyline that he had completed some years ago.
A shadow covering him snapped him out from his concentration, he looked in front of him and saw a black armored soldier armed with a longsword raised upwards and a big shield. Alex's eyes widened as his instinct yelled him to roll away, which he did.
The slash pierced the ground where Alex stood before, while he stood up and used Nightmare to attack the infantry. The latter used his shield to block the attack before he slashed horizontally, Alex blocked the attack and summoned a Oblivion Blade behind the infantry, and piercing the head…
The apparently undead infantry fell down lifelessly as he should be, and then Alex continued to look around, there was no other sign about what direction he should go except for a grassless road, so he followed it.
On the way, he found another undead infantry and what seemed like a skeletal wolf, before he reached a castle sieged from someone that looked like an undead barbarian, it was fighting against another soldier without an helmet, he had blue eyes and blonde short hair, and was wielding a gilded warhammer.
Alex slammed Nightmare on the undead barbarian, forcing him to back away, the soldier smirked when he saw Alex helping him and said.
?: Well met, stranger! Thanks for lending a hand out here. Help me take out this Bone Berserker while I get ready to lock the gate. Then we'll get you into the Keep!
Alex: Alright, my name is Alexander, where are we?
?: My name is Rolith, and we are currently in the Oaklore Keep, let's go!
Alex nodded, and rushed towards the Bone Berserker while Rolith was doing his work at the gate.
The Bone Berserker wielded his axe with mastery and slashed at Alex, who slided down and pierced the Bone Berserker on the chest.
Alex: [Shrapnel Round]!
The blade on the naginata started to rotate at high speed, making the undead stop his movements before soon he looked lifeless.
The blade stopped rotate and it emitted some smoke, while Alex took it out from the undead and turned at the other side, where Rolith just finished preparing to lock the gate.
Rolith: Excellent battle! Here at Oaklore Keep, we train knights of all fighting styles. I can tell you'll make a fine addition to the ranks of Oaklore alumni! What do you think?
Alex: Sorry, but I have a certain place I need to return, so I can't stay here forever.
Rolith closed his eyes, but his smile remained.
Rolith: I see… Let's go inside.
Alex nodded and followed Rolith inside the keep, where they found someone with a different armor than the others, and that Alex was able to recognize a bit.
His armor was pretty big, bigger than Darkness' armor, and it protected much more, it also seemed really heavy, there were golden streaks around the armor pieces and a red coat hanged out from the man's shoulders, who was wielding a golden double-bladed axe.
It was Artix, one of the most recognized figures of Adventure Quest World, and a Paladin, Alex knew what he really was, but he kept it secret for spoilers.
Rolith: Hey Artix! We found a new addition to our forces!
Artix turned around, revealing a face that looked like a 20 years old male face without any facial hair and brunette hair.
Artix: Oh, I see. Hey there, my name is Artix Krieger, I'm a Paladin.
Alex and Artix extended each other's hands and shook.
Alex: My name is Alexander Carter, a Void Highlord, I hope we can get along.
Artix: A Void Highlord? Great! We can defeat these undeads faster than before with your help!
He didn't seem to be uncomfortable about Alex being a Void Highlord, making him grin.
Alex: Aye, aye…
Then he looked around, and saw that some undeads were already inside the keep and other things started to burn already.
Alex: For now let's take care of them…
Artix: There's no need to worry.
He raised his hand upwards and opened it, then orbs made of light grouped together in a bigger light orb.
Artix: [Exorcise]!
A blinding light reached for everything that the light could reach, and the undeads nearby started to screech as the evil spirits inside them got out from the skeletons and disappeared.
Alex: *Whistle* That great!
Artix: Hehe, I know right? I normally couldn't use my spells that a Paladin should be able to use, but if I ask for help from the Spirit Orbs around me then I can cast them.
Alex nodded before he heard something over their heads, and he looked up just to see an undead falling from the wall behind their back with a sword on his hands, Alex's eyes widened a bit before he rotated Nightmare and slammed the edge of the naginata on the undead, breaking the skull…
*LEVEL UP*
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