*AAAAAAAAAAAARGHHHHHHH* Daniel suddenly started to scream in agony, as
the veins underneath his skin emerged and turned ck in color, and the
small capiries in his sclera became as evident as blood red tree
branches, which threatened to explode at any moment.
Noticing
Daniel''s state, the ck Thorn, and the chairman looked at him with
disappointment. No one knew the ck thorn''s poison better than the two
of them did, and the effects that were showing on Daniel, were exactly
the ones that presented themselves before the death of the individual.
In their minds, the idea that Daniel had made a mistake, and that his
immunity pill had failed, had started to be more and more usible.
The
ck thorn quietly took a small siringue from inside his spatial ring,
and prepared to dash towards Daniel to inject the antidote that it
contained into his heart, the very moment the order would be given.
Another
full minute passed, and while Daniel was holding on for a lot longer
than the ck thorn''s poison would usually allow any other person to,
he was still getting significantly worse by the second.
Lord Joa
looked at Daniel with contempt, and said "He got cocky.. I hope he will
learn next time." He then turned towards the ck thorn, and said with a
domineering tone "Give him the antidote. He might have been stupid but
he can st-"
The voice of Lord Joa was interrupted by a sight so terrifying, that it made him swallow his words right away.
Out
of the blue, a golden portal had opened right next to them, and from
the other side, a silvery voice came through it and reached directly in
the ears of the four people present. "What a day! two outcasts, an
espionage conspiracy.. And one of my brothers! Lucky me!"
An
expression filled with shock appeared on the faces of everyone present,
with exception made for Aeron, which was expecting this appearance..
They all knew what the golden portal meant, and the words pronounced by
the person who was about to walk through it, were even a bigger tell.
Lord
Joa immediately tried to open a portal to escape, but unfortunately,
the space was already locked. With deep anxiousness evident on his face,
he turned to look at the golden portal, and witnessed as a girl of
around fifteen years of age walked out.
Only the lower part of
this girl''s face could be seen, as her entire body was covered by an
extremely baggy ck robe with blue symbols on it, and a hood that
covered her face down to her nose. The only things which could be seen
of this young girl, was that she was slightly overweight.
The
moment Lord Joa noticed who this young girl was, while still extremely
alerted, he let out a sigh of relief. He had heard of most of the chosen
of Iewah, and luckily, she wasn''t too far above him in power.
The
moment the ck-robed girl walked out of the golden portal, the ck
Thorn and the Chairman fell on their knees. Then, they said in unison
"Greetings, Lady Tirah."
The girl called Tirahpletely ignored
them, and instead, turned towards Daniel''s general direction, where he
was convulsing and on the verge of dying. But instead of looking
directly at him, she looked at an empty area just a meter away from him.
Invisible
to anyone but Daniel and Tirah, was Sewah, which was still sleeping in a
crumpled up position. "How humiliating.. Truly the ck sheep of the
family." muttered the girl before turning towards Daniel, and adding "I
can''t believe someone so stupid was able to take his body back.." She
then threw a soft kick at Daniel, which rolled in ce, and kept his
agonizing screams going.
After throwing a sadistic smile at
Daniel''s sufferings, she turned towards Lord Joa, and said "So, this
little gang of poison masters was connected to the Garden of Death..
Quite interesting."
"I am only here to visit." Said Lord Joa
nervously, while at the same time, letting out a colorless, odorless,
and tasteless poison from his body, and directing it towards the ck
robed girl.
"HAHAHAHA!" The girl suddenly burst outughing. "Do
you think a simple poison like yours is enough to kill me? Do you even
know who I am?" she then added with a derisory tone. She knew that she
wasn''t more powerful than Lord Joa, and yet, the gifts of the Garden of
Death could not evenpare hers. As a children of Iewah, her gift was
one amongst the most powerful in the universe, while Lord Joa, was an
average elite amongst his own dying faction.
As soon as the words
pronounced by the girlnded on Lord Joa''s ears, the lights within the
room dimmed, the temperature of the room dropped, and a faint white
mist started to emerge from the floor. Momentster, the floor bent out
of shape in hundreds of different points, and kept bending.. Until
finally.. *Crack*
The hundreds of bent points on the ground broke
into pieces, and from the holes created, just as many transparent white
arms, slowly came out. These arms were pale, and emanated an odd
feeling. Looking at them for a single moment was causing the ck thorn
and the chairman to age at a speed that could be seen with the naked
eye.
These arms quickly bent on the floor, and pulled the rest of
the body to which they were attached, out of the floor. A second arm, a
head.. A waist.. And a pair of legs, came out right after.
What
came out of these holes, were ghosts, and they all served the daughter
of Iewah called Tirah.. Who wasmonly known, as the Necromancer.
The
hundreds of ghosts that she had evocated were not her own, and instead,
were only a part of the people that had died in Ton Bes.. and thanks to
her gift, Tirah was able to summon these beings, and use them to fight.
As
soon as these ghosts appeared around them, they immediately dashed
towards Lord Joa, the chairman, and the ck Thorn. They then moved in
front of their faces, and after grabbing their arms, legs, and heads,
they forced their eyes open with their ghastly and cold hands.
"NOOO!! PLEASE!!" Shouted the chairman which had now be a middle aged woman.
The
ck Thorn, did not even have the time to beg for mercy, before he had
died of old age, and be a mummy.. Right after his death, a ghost
which resembled the manpletely, came back to life just like the
others.
While the chairman approached her death, Lord Joa tried
his best to avoid being forced into the same situation, but in the end,
he was captured by the massive numbers that had surrounded him from all
sides.
His eyes closed immediately, and he immediately attempted
to initiate a negotiation with Tirah. He offereds, sr systems,
and even money, but unfortunately, everything he had said had entered
deaf ears.. As no one was less interested in politics than the children
of Iewah.
The eyelids of Lord Iewah were forced open by two pairs
of hands, and without being able to avoid it, he began to age at a pace
slightly slower than the chairman and the ck thorn.. Only to die a
couple of minutester, of old age.
While all of this happened,
Daniel had finally stopped convulsing, and had already gotten up with
great difficulty. He was keeping his eyes closed, just like Aeron had
told him to, and at the same time, he was forcing Sewah back into his
own mind.
"AHHHH.. I hate the living.. This is much better." Said
Tirah while looking at the three mummified bodies left on the ground,
and at the three new ghosts that were standing right next to her.
She
then let go the ghosts that she had summoned, which dissipated in the
air right after, causing the lighting to go back to normal, the
temperature to reach its previous level, and the white mist to
disappear.
"Ahhh I never get tired of that!" She said while
turning to look at a tired Daniel. "Now.. back to you.. I do not know
what my brother''s power is, but to be able to create those types of
items from scratch.. Now that is cheating.. Even for our standards!
Hehehe."
"I don''t know what you are talking about." Said Daniel
while massaging his hoarse throat, as he had screamed for thest
couple of minutes without stopping.
Tirah lowered her shoulders
in disappointment "Don''t insult me, host.. I am talking about the mid
level poison pill immunity that you have made.. Those three told me."
She then said while pointing at the three mummies on the floor.
Daniel
and Aeron were shocked. Based on what the girl had said, she was not
only able to summon the ghost of the deads, but she was also able to
talk to them, and have ess to their memories. That, was a truly
terrifying power.. And more than well worth being amongst Iewah''s gifts.
"Forgive
my bluntness, but you don''t appear too smart. It took an error from me
to make Iewah''s entire faction realize that there was a group of spies
right under your noses.. And I was one step away from delivering to them
the power to topple over the universe." Said Daniel with a
matter-of-fact tone while straightening his body, and fixing his
clothes.
"You have a good point.. This does make us look bad. How
about this then.." Said Tirah as, just like before, she caused the
lights to dim, the temperature to drop, and a ghastly white mist to
propagate in the surroundings. The only difference from before, what
that the same was happening in the entire city of Ton Bes.
Just
like before, millions of ghosts, skeletons, and mummified bodies crawled
out of the ground, and attacked the first person that they came in
contact with. A few of them even went as far as to look for the people
against whom they had an unfinished business with.
The entire
city turned into hell, as one person after the other, were turned into
dry corpses. The ghosts proceeded in groups like a wave of white mist,
causing panic and horror to the people that were still alive.
Many tried to escape, but the space of the entire city, was locked.
Only minutester, the only living beings left in the city, were the three individuals that were standing within the room.
"Wow!
So many! These people did kill their fair share of people, didn''t they?
Oh well, it doesn''t matter now. We were saying?" Said the girl,
expecting Daniel to be terrified of her power, and try to beg for mercy.
Unfortunately,
that was not the case.. As the girl had done exactly what Daniel was
hoping for, and helped him in doing something that had caused arge
window to appear in his mind. This window, was the notification of the
pletion of a quest which Daniel had started long ago.. That quest,
was the one that required him to destroy the Poisonous Rose.
"I
would usually fight my brothers the moment I would see them.. But you
are not worth that. You are just a host.. A simple human.. I''ll take you
to the faction, and get my reward. You are only worth as much as the
strength I will get out of your bounty." She then said with irritation
after noticing Daniel''s fearless expression.
"I don''t think it will be so easy.." Responded Daniel as a faint smile formed on his face.
The
girl tilted her head to the side in confusion.. But then, her eyes
moved toward the distance, and she became extremely alerted. "No way..
Is big sister here?.." She muttered in fear.
"Finally.. A chosen
of Iewah I can give a lesson to.." Said a gravelly voice from the
distance, powerful enough to shatter every form of protection present in
the city. *ROAAAAAAAAAR!*