<h4>Chapter 256: The Skeleton King?</h4>
"Hmm? I guess you know this skeleton. Could you exin how you know about it? Is it really the Undead Region scheming against us?" Ryder asked the Vampire King.
"That skeleton! He..." The Vampire King kept ring at the skeleton with shock on his face.
"Speak! Who is this skeleton! Why are you so shocked to see him?" Ryder asked the Vampire King.
"It’s because... I destroyed that skeleton myself! I crushed him into a powder before burying him!" The Vampire King replied as he frowned.
"Hmm? Did you destroy it? Who is it? Why did you destroy it? If you’re so sure that it’s the same skeleton, then how is it still alive after being destroyed in your hand," Ryder asked the Vampire King as he frowned.
" That skeleton is the previous Skeleton King!" The Vampire King replied, shocking everyone.
Ryder and everyone else was shocked as they heard this revtion.
The Skeleton King? An undead King? Even though the Leech King and the Vampire King were the two Major Undead Kings, there were other Undead Kings too.
The Leech King and the Vampire King were said to have as much strength as the High Dukes of the Demon Realm, but the other kings weren’t weak either. If Ryder were to make an assumption, the Skeleton King could be said to be as strong as a Duke of the Demon Realm. This meant that the Skeleton King was as strong as Devilia.
If Ryder wasn’t with High Duke M here and Duke Devilia badly fought with the ck Skeleton, she might not have been much of an advantage either.
"So he’s a Skeleton King. No wonder he was able to kill Demons without being found out. It’s as strong as Devilia, after all. It’s a good thing that we arrived and heard about it. I never knew such big trouble was roaming around in ournd under all our noses," Ryder muttered as he frowned.
"Tell me more about the ck Skeleton King," Ryder said to the Vampire King. "Since you killed him, it doesn’t seem like you liked him much. That might be why he killed your general and framed us while destroying is from inside," Ryder said in full seriousness.
Since the Skeleton King was here, he decided to use that as an excuse for the death of the Vampire General.
"That’s indeed possible if it’s him. If it’s indeed the ck Skeleton King, he’ll definitely think about revenge," The Vampire King nodded his head in understanding.
"It would make even more sense that he joined the Death Domain since he lost his position in the Skeleton n and with the rise of a new king from the Royal Skeleton n," he continued.
"Tell us what had happened," Ryder asked in curiosity.
"Nothing major. The ck Skeleton King was just too arrogant. He started attacking nearby ns and taking their resources. Ultimately, he attacked a n he shouldn’t have," The Vampire King said as he reminisced about the past.
"He attacked the Vampire n? Was he really an idiot, or was he way stronger than the current Skeleton King?" Ryder asked in confusion.
There was no way a King that was as strong as a Duke will attack a King that was as strong as a Duke. The only possible exnation was that the Skeleton King was an Idiot, or he was way stronger than the current Skeleton King. Ryder only knew about the current situation where the Skeleton King was as strong as the Duke, but maybe in the past, the Previous Skeleton King used to be as strong as a High Duke?
While Ryder wasing up with an assumption of his own, the Vampire King started replying.
"No, he didn’t attack the Vampire n. He wasn’t an idiot to attack us. Instead, he attacked the Zombie n," The Vampire King replied.
"How did you get involved then?" Ryder asked in confusion. Why would the Vampire King attack the Skeleton n for Zombie n? Their rtionship shouldn’t be that close.
"It’s because of a promise. In the past, the Zombie King had helped someone from my family. I had promised him that I would help him once whenever he needs, no matter how big the problem. When the Zombie n was in danger, I came to his help and killed the ck Skeleton King. I helped the peaceful Royal Skeleton Commander rise to the throne, and the war was over. That was thest day I saw the ck Skeleton King," The Vampire King exined as he sighed.
"So you destroyed it. It is surprising that it was able to rise against... wait a minute! The Death Domain! Those guys can revive undeads to fight for them!" Ryder eximed as he put the pieces together.
"That’s true. They can revive Dead Skeletons, but they shouldn’t be strong enough to revive and control an Undead King, though. Only the Death Emperor was strong enough, but ording to my sources, he was killed by the Demon Emperor in thest great war," The Vampire King replied as he frowned.
"Could it be that the Death Emperor is still alive? Or he revived the ck Skeleton King before dying?" Ryder asked as he frowned
"No, if he was alive and he had revived the ck Skeleton King, he would have definitely used the ck Skeleton King against us in thest great war. He didn’t use that against us, so I can’t say that he is involved. The Death Emperor is definitely dead," High Duke M chimed in as she shook her head.
"How is this possible then? Has another person appeared in the Death Domain that can revive High Ranking Undeads and the Undead Kings?" Ryder asked as he frowned.
"That shouldn’t be possible. I don’t think there is anyone like that in the Death Domain ording to our information," High Duke M shook her head.
"There isn’t, ording to our information as well," The Vampire King chimed in.
"This doesn’t make sense then! How is the ck Skeleton King still alive? The only possible exnation that can still make sense is that the Death Emperor revived the ck Skeleton King, but for some reason, he didn’t use it on thest great war," Ryder let out as he frowned.
"Alright. That does make sense, but there’s a problem in that as well. If the ck Skeleton King has been alive for so long, why is it only getting active now? Why hasn’t it done anything before? So many years have passed since thest great war," High Duke M asked as she frowned.