SUSPICIOUS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
"The Realm of Armageddon is a magic realm sealed deep beneath the continent of the Ten-Kingdoms which witnessed the battle between Angels and Demons many years ago. Many treasures that belong to once great heroes of the battle of Armageddon can be found in the realm.
The Apostles will hold a special competition to allow talented individuals who win the competition to travel into the realm of Armageddon when the realm reopens to explore and search for treasures.
Tickets for the competition are auctioned at the starting price of 100,000 Aurs. Get your tickets early for the chance to witness the remnants of the glory of the ancient battles and pick up some rare and unique artifacts and treasures…", the auctioneer introduced the tickets being auctioned.
"What the hell, the Apostles are auctioning more tickets for another magic realm opening", I said to my friends.
"The Apostles are running out of budget to fund their war with the Demon army. Most of the kingdoms in the Ten-kingdoms are now under the control of demons, so they wouldn't pay extortion to them. Even the tithe from Drachia kingdom is meagre due to the famine", Meera explained to me.
The Apostles were running out of war funds, and they were organizing funny events to raise money.
"300,000 Aurs", I raised a bid.
"Are you going to sponsor the Apostles again?" Cassandra asked me.
"You never know, the ticket might become useful. The money is courtesy from Kolgane anyway", I replied to them.
Suddenly, a wind blew across us in a flash.
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"I am Ashgar, the mother asked me to see you, Lord Oriese", Ashgar said to me as he appeared before us from nowhere.
Ashgar was an assassin of the Temple of Solomon, and he could move like the shadow and wind.
"What did you find out for me?" I asked Ashgar.
"Your suspicion is correct. The demon colluders are in Tarah city", Ashgar told me.
"What? The demons are back again?" Cassandra asked us.
"What else did you find out?" I asked Ashgar.
"They are secretly meeting in a new development in the city. There are many conjurers and spies there, so we didn't go near to check", Ashgar told me.
"What new development?" I asked.
"The Sunset Gardens", Ashgar replied to me.
"I've never heard about such a place before in the city", Chash told us.
"The development is new, started only after you left Tarah city for Delirium. Initially, it was the burial ground for all the unnamed soldiers and collateral victims in the apostles' war with the demons. But lately, the land was auctioned off to some investors and they are reconstructing the place into a residential", Asterix told us.
"How can they build a residential over a mass grave?" Ratatouille asked us.
"The Governor is short of cash for the city's administration. Everyone is affected by the frost, and we need any investment that comes to the city", Ashgar explained to us.
"What are they doing in Sunset Gardens?" I asked.
"I'll send drones over to check", Asterix replied to me.
"It seems our trip back to Istiopolis city will be delayed again", I said to them.
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"Why are we attacking a residential development?" Ratatouille asked us.
"This is not a simple residential development, they are connected to the demon army and the demons are casting a powerful magic here", Cassandra explained to him.
"What magic are they casting this time? A magic portal to invade Tarah city?" Chash asked us.
"That is not possible. The Conjurer Court has marked every street in the city and countered any space corridors or gates into Tarah city. Any such attempts will alert the Church or the Conjurer Court before such portal can be completed", Meera told us.
"Why would they do that, cast a portal into the city?" Ratatouille asked.
"Because that is the easiest way to invade the city if they have a magic portal into the city", I replied to him.
"Then what are they casting here if not a magic portal?" Cassandra asked us.
"That is what we need to find out", I replied to her.
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We sneaked into Sunset Garden in the cover of the dark, making sure nobody here would discover us.
"It is difficult to spy on the enemy without my invisibility magic", I told them.
After I lost my bone magic in Delirium, even my Invisibility skill was lost to me. My Invisibility evolved from absorbing the bones of invisible wyrms, so without my bone magic, I couldn't turn invisible.
"But you still can fly without your bone magic", Chash asked me curiously.
"I am flying now not because of the enhancements from my bone magic. The Black Heart enhanced my body too, flying is natural to me now", I replied to them.
"Over there, there is much activity", Chash told us pointing to a direction in the center of the development.
Many conjurers gathered in the central court of the development, gathering to prepare or cast some kind of magic.
"They are not building residential houses here. They are casting an arraye spell that involves hundreds of conjurers", Meera told us her observation.
"What are they casting?" I asked but nobody knew the answer to that but we noticed someone familiar here.
Kolgane was here too, standing in the middle of the conjured circle. He was either directing the casting of the magic arraye or he was the subject of the casting.
"They are casting something on your challenger, the guy who fell from the arena?" Ratatouille told me.
"The magic is surprisingly familiar too", I replied to them as I asked Asterix to check.
I've seen this magic being cast here before in Uchalis city when I killed Kolgane last time.
Kolgane was reinforcing himself with the magic of the skeletons and bones in Uchalis city. He was probably doing the same thing again here.
"Did someone say this place used to be a mass graveyard?" I asked rhetorically without expecting an answer.
RISE OF THE SKELETON KING
"It is the same magic as the magic in Uchalis city", Asterix confirmed with me.
Last time when we saw the casting of the magic in Uchalis city, I asked my earpods to record it. Asterix could access my database to confirm if it was the same as the magic being prepared and cast here.
Suddenly, the magic arraye in Sunset Garden was finally activated.
"It has begun", Asterix told us.
"Are we going to allow them to proceed?" Chash asked me.
"Why not? We enjoy the show", I replied to him.
"I don't understand. We should stop them now while we can", Ratatouille protested.
"This is not the first time that Kolgane is trying this kind of trick. Stopping his casting will not stop him from attempting the same again in the future", I replied to them.
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From the depths of the earth, skeletal figures and revenants clawed their way to the surface, drawn forth by a mystical force that summoned them from their eternal rest.
These undead beings, animated by an otherworldly power, shuffled towards the epicenter of the call.
At the heart of this unholy spectacle stood a figure of regal bearing, a prince among men or perhaps a king among kings.
He commanded not only the living, but also the reclaimed dead who now pledged their allegiance to him. As the skeletons and corpses converged around him, they underwent a transformation, sacrificing themselves to imbue their monarch with their arcane essence.
With each passing moment, the king's dormant powers surged to life, his form crackling with newfound energy. The once-slumbering ruler now awakened as the Skeleton King, a formidable and fearsome presence to behold.
His skeletal visage bore the marks of time, with bones weathered and worn, emanating an eerie glow from the depths of his hollow sockets.
Adorned in the remnants of ancient armor, corroded by the passage of time, the Skeleton King exuded an aura of ancient malevolence.
In his grasp, he wielded a massive scimitar, forged from the realm of the dead, it seemed to devour all life around it. The blade thrummed with a hunger for conflict, emitting a spectral wail with each swing, echoing the anguish of the undead existence.
Thus, the Skeleton King emerged, ready to unleash his wrath upon the world.
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"Is this the new Lich King?" Chash asked.
"This is not the Lich King. He is something else", Meera commented to us about the Skeleton King before us.
"Rise of the Skeleton King"
"Something about him has the signature of the Blood Queen all over", I told them about my opinion.
"Did the Blood Queen redo his curse to become a skeleton instead of a lich?" Chash asked us.
"It is possible although I don't know what the difference between a lich and a skeleton is?" Cassandra replied and asked us.
"The Lich King's magic is limited by the need to feed on living beings. The Skeleton on the other hand only needs the bones in the ground", I told them.
"I don't know if there is any difference between the two, they are both vile undead", Cassandra asked.
"It is far easier and quicker to awaken his powers with skeletons, especially in a city where there are unfriendly forces governing, all the Skeleton King needs is a mass grave without a need to alert anybody", I explained to them of my theory.
We quickly lit a flare.
"Wee woo wee woo"
Loud alarms were heard as the city was alerted by the appearance of the Skeleton King.
The city's guards and the apostles were on their way here. Even conjurers were called from the Conjurer's court toward Sunset Garden, the site of the awakening of the Skeleton King.
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"It is fortunate that you predicted this beforehand otherwise the reaction to the Skeleton King's rise will not be this quick", Iras said to me when we met up with the Control Freaks.
"The Skeleton King will not be our biggest problem", I told them.
"Are you sure, this skeleton creep is already big enough trouble?", Iviar replied to me.
"The Demon Queen will not create the Skeleton King in the middle of our city for no reason causing great alarm. This event will not be solitary", I said to them.
"What should we do then?" Iras asked me.
"We need to be prepared for the worst", I replied to him.
"In that case, I must return to the Conjurer Court first to organize a major defense just in case", Iras told us as he quickly returned to the Conjurer Court, leaving the Skeleton King for us to deal with.
The Skeleton King was now much larger and taller than the buildings around him. He wreaked havoc on the city as he smashed the buildings around him.
He was on a rampage and many innocent lives would be lost before we could stop him.
"Why does the Skeleton King attack the residents? He should flee the moment he heard our sirens. Isn't he afraid of us?" Anitor asked me.
"Because it is job here to fight with us. Killing innocent people is a part of what he does and plan to do", I replied to him.
"Should we fight him now?" Chash asked me.
"No hurry, we should let the apostles and the church deal with him first. We need to know what he is capable of first. We have not dealt with him before", I replied to them.
Apostles surrounded the Skeleton King, firing their magical sword beams at the monster. But the monster's body was extremely tough. Even the magic of the apostles couldn't harm the Skeleton King by much.
Suddenly, the hand of the Skeleton King broke away from him and flew toward the apostles.
"That Skeleton King's skeleton is so fragile. It can break so easily", Epius told us and commented.
"He probably broke his hand on purpose", Ratatouille replied to him.
Skeleton King's hand reached the apostles to grab and crush them. The apostles instinctively went on defensive and conjured magical shields to defend themselves.
While the Skeleton's hand was over the apostles like a cage that imprisoned them, his hand regrew again where it was broken before.
The Skeleton King grew back his broken hands.
"Breaking Hand Prisons"
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