2022-04-07 05:03:56The sound of the waterfall echoed within the cave as they moved further and further away from the water. The tunnel they walked in was wide and high enough for a mounted person to pass through. The unicorn led them through it with no sign of feat at all.
“I wonder where this leads…” Caille whispered. Kyle was also curious, incredibly so. His heart was racing as he followed the unicorn closely. His footsteps made no sound on the moss covered ground as he hurried. Not a fee moments later, the unicorn neighed softly, and stepped to the side as the tunnel opened to a large, spacious cave.
The sound of the waterfall was near again. It sounded through the thick rock walls. The ground of the cave was covered with dark green moss, but tiny bright blue flowers had sprouted from all around. Their fresh scent suppressed the damp smell of moss.
Kyle took a step forward. “Beautiful.” He whispered as he walked forward into the cave. He squinted and tried to see further ahe
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The Lich's Master CHapter 80: In Search of the Third Core
The next day, there were clouds covering the sky. “I really hope it doesn’t rain.” Igna muttered as she sat on a log. Come morning, both Igna and Caille had logged in, and after deciding to take a closer look at the fire worshipping village, they had come to the vicinity of it. But then, Caille had suddenly logged off, and informed Igna that she would be back shortly. “Yeah, it would suck to have to deal with that.” Kyle agreed. Doing anything while soaking wet was no fun at all, and nobody wanted to deal with rain. Suddenly, Caille popped into existence before them. “Oh, phew, sorry!” She said as she quickly fixed her clothes and smiled. “Sudden visit from distant relatives. I had to serve them some tea till mom and dad came home.” She chuckled. “They always have such hideous timing.” Igna laughed. “Last time was in the middle of a raid, wasn’t it?” She asked. “Ugh, don’t remind me. I wanted to pour the tea dow
The Lich's Master Chapter 81: Another Way
After a short rest, Kyle was ready to try again. The issue was that neither Igna nor Caille was remotely interested in going right back. “Only an insane person would try the exact same thing and hope to see a different result.” Caille said after listening Kyle’s protest. Igna sighed and nodded. “There is no point in dying in vain. We can always come back if need be.” Kyle rolled his eyes. He knew why she was like this – she was worried about him. But now wasn’t the time for that! Where was the spirit of adventure, the curiosity? Where was the willingness to take risks? “I never said we’d do the same thing!” He protested. “Look,” He pointed up north. “We can approach them through the trees, instead of walking down the hill and practically announcing our arrival. The mage took ages to cast that spell. Had Igna been remotely close to them, they’d never get the chance to finish the spell!” Igna bit her lips while Caille mumbled something silently.
The Lich's Master Chapter 82: Passage Denied
Caille found a second token on the group that had just been dispatched of by Igna. She gave that to Kyle as well, and they hurried away. They didn’t know how many of these small groups there were, and it wasn’t worth standing around and waiting to find out. If a larger group noticed them, and they couldn’t kill them off quite as efficiently or silently, then they’d be in a heap of trouble again. They followed the treeline and continued their approach to the village. Soon, the first of the few houses entered their view on the side. Kyle made sure to stay well hidden inside the forest. Once again giving a wide berth to the structures, they circled around the village till they reached the temple in the back. The large stone structure was the least damaged one among the buildings in the village. There were no cracks or broken parts of the walls that would allow them to see what was happening inside the temple, and the windows were way too
The Lich's Master Chapter 83: Temple of the Golden Flame
Caille’s happiness lasted for about half a minute as the number of enemies inside the temple left her jaw dropped, and eyes wide open. “Well, fuck.” She whispered. Igna and Kyle agreed with that statement. Hiding by the entrance, they were peeking inside through the open door. “I count thirteen, plus that woman.” Igna whispered. Caille affirmed her. Kyle also nodded, his count was the same as well. “Well, what do we do?” Igna asked after a short moment of hesitation. “Can we take them on?” Caille shrugged and shot Kyle a glance. “What do you think?” Kyle bit his lips. “I’ll summon the Fallen Knight.” He said after a moment’s hesitation. He hadn’t spoken to Aoris ever since that… that fight they had. It felt wrong to summon her for aid, he didn’t want to. But now, it seemed as if he had no alternative. “No, don’t.” Igna quickly stopped him. “That woman there is the same person as the one who nearly killed us. If you can take her as a summon…”
The Lich's Master Chapter 84: Exhaustion Setting In
While Igna scoured her inventory to try and find a healing potion, Caille looted the enemies, and Kyle looked around the temple. This place seemed to be dedicated to this Golden Flame from the start. The flame motif was everywhere – walls, windows, the ceiling, the floor tiles, even the sides of the pews. The altar was made of a single marble slab. Unlike the rest of the temple, it wasn’t the masterpiece of a master craftsman. It had jagged edges, cracks on the surface… plenty of imperfections. Yet, the statue depicting the flames they worshipped behind the altar, also made from the same type of marble was simply stunning. “I wonder what this Golden Flame thing really is.” He muttered. Why were they hostile in the first place? Caille chuckled. “Why don’t you ask the priestess?” She suggested. Kyle hesitated, “Oh. Yeah.” He turned to the side. “Come forth.” Unlike the raven or the Fallen Knight Aoris, Irena, Priestess of the Golden Flame didn’t appear
The Lich's Master Chapter 85: Progress in the Fortress
They arrived at the fortress in construction shortly after dusk. Walking the narrow rock bridge in the dark was one of the more terrifying experiences of their lives, and each and every one of them breathed deep sighs of relief once they reached the other side of the chasm. To Kyle’s surprise, there was quite crowd in the land now. While some were simple workers, NPC’s of the game, he saw more than a handful of players working on the construction as well. Men and women, even some young, high school aged children had come. “Well, they sure took the memo.” Caille smirked. “Allow me to do the introduction.” She added upon seeing Kyle’s confused expression. “These are the Phoenix Guild members. Igna’s and my guild. We created it together, though she’s the leader, and I’m the second in command. She owes much of her first rank position to these guys and gals.” Igna nodded, then hurried off to talk with an older man. A player again, as it was quite obvious from the
The Lich's Master Chapter 86: Making Amends
Come morning, the chirping of the birds and the slightly muffled sounds of the construction woke him up from his deep, and surprisingly comfortable slumber. He had never thought before that a blanket thrown on some piles of hay could be so comfortable. He yawned, stretched his arms and legs, and left the barn to greet the new day. Igna and Caille were nowhere to be seen, and nor were any other players. There were plenty of plain clothed NPC’s working on the outer walls and the towers, and there were a bunch of others slowly uprooting the grass and bushes from around the lake, but nobody who shouldn’t see him asleep had seen him. That was a win in his book. He approached the yet untouched sections of the river, took out some breakfast from his inventory, and ate it while splashing some water around with his bare feet. “Good morning!” Igna’s cheerful voice soon sounded. She waved at him from afar, checked the construction for a few minute
The Lich's Master Chapter 87: A Quick Adventure
“Hmmm…” Caille narrowed her eyes, pursed her lips, and glared at the monster ahead of them. “You didn’t mention we’d be fighting a chimera.” She shot Luke an annoyed glance. “I don’t like things that have more than one head.” Said chimera was about fifty meters away from them, laying on the ground in the middle of a crater. The ground was scorched within the crater, and the thing that created the crater – a large lump of obsidian – was at the epicentre of it. “My bad, I didn’t know you cared about the number of heads.” Luke smirked. “But then again, I’d think you would be used to it, considering the weird things you summon when fighting.” Caille glared at him. “Watch it Luke, I might just miss the chimera and drop the slug on you instead.” The Paladin laughed out loud. “Right, and miss you chance to get all that obsidian.” His mischievous laugh was contagious, even Kyle chuckled. Caille hesitated for a moment, then let out a dramatic sigh. “You’re goo
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The serene white light changed as soon as they stepped into the garden. It grew brighter, lighting up even the darkest corners of the garden. “Finally.” Azazel whispered. He calmly stepped towards the bright white light. “It’s been so long.” He and the rest of the group arrived before the tree. The Fallen Angel reached for the tree, only for his fingers to touch a barrier surrounding it. The yellow-brown barrier rippled as soon as the Fallen Angel’s fingertips touched it. Azazel flinched, and pulled his hand back as a look of disgust appeared on his face. With furrowed brows and blazing eyes, he turned around, and shouted at the top of his lungs. “Show yourself, Demon!” Droigheann flinched. “He’s here?!” The Demon of the Nightbloom asked wide eyed as he unsheathed his blade, and put his helmet on without hesitation. Luke stepped forward, making sure to stand in front of Caille and Kyle. Igna tightened her grip on the hilt of her blade, while Cacophus’s bony fingers rummaged through
Chapter 276: The Ancient City of Necron (4)
The fully armoured knight dropped his sword and tried to grab the slimy goo with both of his hands. The goo only latched onto his helmet further as he struggled. The man started to stumble a few moments later.Kyle couldn’t help but laugh a little, though his near brush against death kept him from enjoying Jeffrey’s suffering. The knight soon managed to grab onto the goo properly, and threw it away, only to be met with Kyle’s light magic.“Bolt of Light!” The young man shouted, then as the Knight raised his hand to cover his eyes from the bright golden light, he dashed towards him, blade in hand. He hadn’t used a sword properly in ages, not since he’d gotten his Summoner class, and started summoning powerful people such as Aoris, or Irena. But Aoris and Irena were busy protecting the cathedral, and Droigheann had his hands full with the remaining group of enemies.And he had a particular hatred against Jeffrey and his constant stupidity. He grabbed the hilt of his blade with both his
Chapter 275: The Ancient City of Necron (3)
“Oh for fuck’s sake.” Kyle rolled his eyes as the enemy charged at him and his allies. Jeffrey’s ridiculous accusations and ignorant behaviour was the last thing he needed at the moment.Droigheann unsheathed his blade and struck the ground with it. Black veins spread across the grey marble plaza, originating from his blade. They leapt off the ground, reaching for Jeffrey and his allies.“Fire storm!” A voice boomed. Kyle flinched as a whirling storm of flames burnt away the roots and veins. Droigheann gritted his teeth and removed his swords from the ground. “Damn mages,” The Demon grunted as he stepped forward. His helmet materialised in his hand, and he promptly put it on.“SHALL I DISPATCH OF THEM, KYLE?” Cacophus’ sudden question surprised him. “Yeah, please help Droigheann.” Kyle hissed as he pointed at the group. “We shouldn’t waste much time on them.”As he spoke, several shards of crystallised light formed at his fingertips. He fired them at the man leading the charge.“AS YO
Chapter 274: The Ancient City of Necron (2)
Kyle took the first step down the grey marble staircase. As his feet touched the ancient slabs, he involuntarily flinched.Azazel and Droigheann followed just a step behind, along with Cacophus, who chose to float next to them.“AMAZING, IT HAS BEEN PRESERVED PERFECTLY!” The Lich exclaimed, pausing just a few steps in, and carefully inspecting the waist high walls preventing them from falling off the side. “LOOK AT THIS CRAFTMANSHIP!”Kyle shot a glance at the waist hight wall. It was covered in intricate carvings from top to bottom. Just a few meters of this wall must have taken weeks to create, if not more. “Yeah, it’s amazing.”“Just like the legends.” Droigheann carefully ran his finger along the carvings. “A city of ancient wonders, housing powers beyond imagination, made from the most beautiful materials by the best craftsmen ever to grace the face of this world.”“Seems about right.” Azazel pointed at the buildings. “Any one of these would have taken months to perfect, if not y
Chapter 273: The Ancient City of Necron (1)
The Necronomicon’s pages turned on their own. Kyle waited patiently for the book to settle on a page. Once it did, he read through the spell. It was a modified dispel spell.“Stand back, just in case.” He said to the others. Everyone took a few steps back, even Cacophus who had just arrived. The Lich didn’t speak, but the green glows in his eye sockets glimmered and lit up brightly with excitement.Kyle’s lips curled up with a faint smile for a moment before he turned his gaze back to the Necronomicon. “Open thine gates, lift thine veil.” He recited the spell’s words clearly. “Allow me passage to what is rightfully mine, as I hold the Book of Ancient Secrets!”A moment passed before the spell fully took effect. The barrier around the Ancient City of Necron began to lower as Kyle felt his vitality drain with alarming speed. He looked down at the back of his hand with a panic as the few locks of dark hair dangling before his eyes slowly began to turn white.The mark of the Evertree glow
Chapter 272: The Records Restored
The elderly woman took the two pieces of the hourglass in her hand. A faint, almost mellow smile appeared on her lips as she closed her fingers around the pieces of the hourglass. “I am in your debt, Azazel, young man.” She whispered as she clenched her fingers further. The muffled sound of something cracking sounded. Then, a fine dust flowed from between her fingers. The cool breeze caught the dust, carrying it away from the patio. The elderly woman smiled. “No, come back.” Her voice was calm, almost as if she was speaking to an old friend. “I’m right here.” The wind whirled, suddenly changed its direction, and blew the dust right back at her. She closed her eyes and smiled. Kyle braced himself for… something. “It’s alright now.” Her motherly voice reached his ears. “It feels good to be whole again.” She turned her gaze towards the sky. “It is a beautiful day, isn’t it?” Kyle disagreed. Dark clouds covered the sky. “It is good to have you back, Record Keeper.” Azazel bowed his
Chapter 271: The Hourglass
It was a misty morning and getting out of bed felt like a huge chore. He still dragged himself out of bed, albeit slowly, and staggered towards the hot spring. He paused in front of the mirror for a second. The bite marks on his neck were awfully visible. Vis had definitely taken some of her frustrations out of him last night.He let out a sigh and went to take a bath. She was rightfully upset, and he didn’t care about how he looked too much. He bathed, then got dressed and opened the door of his room, only to see Droigheann standing there, leaning against the wall.“I didn’t realise you’d come out.” Kyle said as he fixed his cloak and hair before the mirror.“You were asleep.” Droigheann explained with a faint smile. “You found the second half of the hourglass.” He stated with a hint of curiosity in his voice. Kyle nodded. “We did. We almost died for it too.” He shuddered. “I’m never going back to the Celestial Plane.”Droigheann laughed out loud. “That is indeed a good idea.” The De
Chapter 270: The Waking World
His eyes shot wide open, and he stared at the grey ceiling above him. A couple of moths were walking in rough circles. One of them tried to fly, only to continuously hit the ceiling afterwards.He blinked a few times as he tried to figure out where he was.“You’re awake!” A panicked voice reached his ears. “Rhealis, they’re back!” It took him a moment to recognise Vis’ voice. A cold hand pressed against his forehead as he slowly began to notice the numbness around his right arm. There was a mild pain too.Footsteps approached as Kyle tilted his head to look at Vis. “Did something happen while we were gone?” He asked with a crusty voice. He licked his dry lips. He could use some water right now.“Your arm got charred!” Vis hissed wide eyed. Was she angry? “And the Fallen Angel’s wings started bleeding!”“Indeed,” Rhealis approached them with a glass of water in her hand. She helped Kyle sit upright, then gave him the glass. He drank it without hesitation. The water passing through his
Chapter 269: The Wasteyard of Heaven
Azazel led him through the distorted landscape in a hurry. “They can’t see as well here.” The Fallen Angel explained as soon as they walked through a cathedral door and fell upwards. Kyle hit the ceiling with a muffled thud. A thick, soft carpet had broken his fall.He moaned with pain still. Constantly falling somewhere was slowly taking its toll on him. His back couldn’t take many more falls. “Why?” He asked as he sat upright and rubbed his sides.Azazel flew up and closed the cathedral’s door. “Because of the distortions. They don’t see things as you do. They see what something is, can be, and was.” The Fallen Angel hesitated upon seeing Kyle’s confused expression. “You don’t understand, do you?”Kyle shook his head. “Nope.”Azazel’s shoulders dropped with disappointment. “When you see something,” The Angel said, speaking slower th
