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Rise of The Undead Legion (Web Novel) - Chapter 457 - The Grand Archives
Chapter 457 - The Grand Archives
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Dave teleported to the Drow Kingdom, the closest Raid Zone to the Ash King's domain, then summoned Grumpy. Once the big lizard appeared, it growled at Dave in discontent.
"Sorry buddy, I know I haven't been summoning you in a while, but we're going on a mission right now," Dave approached it and patted it for a bit. The lizard snarled for a bit, but after enjoying the treatment he allowed Dave to ride him.
The two threaded their way through the vegetation and rocky area of the Drow Kingdom heading deeper toward the east just as Samael had told him. Soon he would be at the Ash King's Keep, his stronghold where he was mightiest.
Dave had opted to take the Onyx Basilisk rather than Onixya. Her sheer size would draw too much attention to them even if she were to shapeshift into something smaller. More importantly, she was currently moving around the Wilds, clearing the area of any hostile monsters that still dreamt about taking her crown for themselves.
Dave wanted his dragon to cement her dominion over the Wilds and rule it as her own, as did her parent before her. Dragons needed their space or so he thought. It was hard to tell, since he hadn't exactly bothered to search for any How to Train your Dragon books as was clearly shown by him forgetting to feed her for such a long time.
Grumpy wasn't much of a stealthy mount, but he was the best choice when it came to the rugged and rough terrain leading to the Ash King's Keep. The area was barren, rocky, and hot. The more Dave moved towards it, the hotter it became. Eventually, he was surprised to find a glowing pillar of fire in the distance.
"Shit, this looks like Barad-Dur," Dave commented as the pillar of fire was shaped into a tower of flames that rose above a great cathedral-like building, only that it looked demonic instead of holy.
He was actually intimidated, as, despite the great distance between them, the cathedral was apparent to him from so far away. It was as if the Ash King had the mountain's top carved into the shape of this building that emitted a fire pillar from its midst just to flaunt his power to any potential invader.
The closer he got to the pillar, the darker the land became. Even the light coming from the moon gradually faded until it disappeared at one point. Hidden by orange clouds, though these clouds weren't orange in origin, the light from the Ash King's stronghold was powerful enough to paint them the color of fire.
The ground became more jagged, small bridges of stone extended from one section to another of the area, where rivers and rivulets of lava seeped from the depth of the ground. Under these bridges clashing in flaming fury against the rocks, and splashing droplets of magma to the heights of heaven.
If one was not careful, they would die amidst a fiery rain from these continuous explosions of fire. Grumpy crossed the bridges with confidence, his massive size and weight proved little to no hindrance to bridges that were heated continuously, reinforced and strengthened due to the flames underneath them.
Once Dave finished crossing the bridge, a notification appeared in front of him.
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You have set foot in the Underworld's Fifth and final Raid Zone, [Ash King's Keep]
Debuff Applied, [Trespasser Level 2]
Effects: Any type of Teleportation Scroll is useless.
You cannot summon any type of Undead to your aid.
The summoning of mounts and support creatures is limited to one.
You have entered the area with a combat mount [Grumpy]. You cannot summon any other mount to your aid, including [Dunlord Stinger], [Forest Pronged Fiend Spike], [Grave Lord Tiny], [Black Terror Dragon Onixya].
Special Addendum
Undead, you have walked into the domain of the Ash King.
All creatures within the area will be hostile toward you and treat you with extreme prejudice.
The Ash King has ordered your immediate death upon encounter, and having come to his area is the same as serving yourself to him on a golden platter. Be wise, finish your business as fast as you can before any of the Demonic Beings of the Underworld notice your trespassing.
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"Grumpy, you'll have to stay here," Dave said as he dismounted him. However, the basilisk,, snorted, clearly dissatisfied from being left out of the upcoming 'fun'.
"I know what you're thinking, but I can't take you with me. This area needs us to move stealthily. We can't risk being exposed so early on. It's going to be difficult with just me moving around, if the two of us are spotted, we'll have a hard time surviving, and I would rather die and respawn in the Undead Realm than have you go through that experience, buddy," Dave explained to the basilisk.
His care and worry for Grumpy were apparent, and the basilisk didn't argue anymore. Nevertheless, he still slumped down, giving Dave a clear indication, that while he wasn't going to follow, he wasn't going to leave either. "We came together, so we leave together," that's what Dave understood from Grumpy's attitude.
Dave patted the onyx basilisk on the head and promised, "Don't worry, I won't take long."
He then moved and ran forward.
A few minutes of full sprint covered a great deal of distance from where Grumpy had set down to await his master's return. The Draugr had to thank the great work of Andre for his armored masterpiece.
The Undead War-King set was amazingly powerful and heavy, yet it neither clanked, squeaked nor made any other sound that a heavy armor set was supposed to do when running. Even his boots only gave silent kisses to the ground as he walked on them, the ingenuity of the making of the boots made sure every step was muffled.
Dave had to stop after five minutes of sprint, but not due to a lack of stamina. First of all, he didn't notice a single demon along the path he had crossed. Secondly, there was a gaping rift separating the area where he was standing and the cathedral building.
Dave took a good look at the view. The place had looked like a carved mountain at first, but in reality, it was a gigantic volcano, encircling the standing building in the middle.
The building sat atop an enormous pillar that rose through the volcano's magma.
The whole thing was like a building built atop a pillar in the middle of a volcano, while the lava worked like a moat suppressing anyone who wanted access to the main keep.
From where he stood, Dave couldn't see any way into the middle building. There were no bridges or crossways. Anyone who wanted to cross to the main building needed to have wings.
Dave hopped off the edge of the volcano and toward the lava, then used [Demonic Ascension] gaining raven wings that gave him the ability to fly. The demonic energy encircling him matched the surroundings perfectly to the point that he didn't even feel the heat coming from the volcano anymore. He felt like a fish in the sea.
Dave flew across the lava lake toward the main building, landing on its top floor and began observing the area.
The building's roof was tiled with marble and had hundreds of gargoyle statues sitting squarely around the building's edges. Dave didn't have a doubt in his heart that these gargoyle statues were mere decoration, the only reason they hadn't acted yet must be because of his current form. He was in a demonic form, so if any gargoyles who noticed Dave, would have most likely mistaken him for one of their own...
As nice as this revelation was, the timer for the Skill was limited, so he couldn't hang around. In fact, he didn't have much time left before he would revert and his fate wouldn't be pretty against that many.
Dave darted his eyes around, trying to locate an entry point to the building. He found nothing of the sort on the rooftop, so he jumped off and flew around the building. Unfortunately, this took a great deal of time due to the sheer size of the whole thing.
The building was decorated with large demonic statues, and every statue seemed to depict a different carved demon. Some were giant worms, then there were also gargoyles like the ones on the roof, others were demonic rams and some were Imps and Demon Knights. Between every two statues was a colored glass window, and while Dave was roaming around the building he noticed that one of the colored windows was broken.
He flew toward the broken window and discovered that it could easily fit him in. The timer on his Skill had less than ten seconds left, so Dave folded his wings and perched atop the broken window, peering inside the building.
Large study shelves and books were neatly positioned atop each other, making it one of the largest libraries Dave had ever seen. He could swear that just this room was larger than the Stephen A. Schwarzman library, both in size and the sheer number of books. Dagla would have loved to immerse himself in there.
Large shelves in the middle of the hall intertwined between each other in a maze of books, if one didn't know their way around they would definitely be lost, Dave included. Thankfully, he was able to see the only path leading out of the library from his current position. He quickly memorized it and flew down.
He landed on the floor a second before Demonic Ascension ended and went on a long cooldown.
He moved around the library, eyes darting around, inspecting, locating, and prying upon any unfortunate soul that would dare expose or fight him. Yet nothing but the occasional Imp, dusting the books every now and then had shown up. These Imps were working tirelessly ensuring the whole library looked clean and organized.
He even noticed a few of the Imps pouring a yellow liquid on some of the books after checking their condition. The liquid seeped into the books and dissipated leaving nothing. This made Dave curious. So he waited until one of the Imps left the area and he went to inspect the book.
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History of the Mage-Lands XI
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Dave wasn��t interested in the book but the coating it had just received. He inspected it again this time focusing on the substance that covered the books.
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Sulfuride Extract.
A powerful flame repellent extract, made by combining sulfur and [Unknown] to create a thin coating to preserve items from fire and heat.
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"Hmm, that could come in handy," Dave realized as he turned toward the Imp that had just moved away.
Dave was about to take the path leading out before a section of books drew his attention.
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Mortal Reminders.
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Those were the words written on top of one of the shelves. On it were many books of different colors, designs, and age, with a rare few empty slots.
Dave picked one up and began reading.
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God Slaying Chariot
A golden lighting beast chariot that was used to chase Gods and slaughter them in the days of old. It was made by a man who despised the lord for having made his life a miserable heap of sadness. Defying them to slay the divine had become his purpose, and creating the God Slaying Chariot brought nothing but carnage upon the divine realm…
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Dave stopped reading as there was a note written on the bottom half of the book.
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The God Slaying Chariot was destroyed by the God of War [Unknown] in year 212.
Dave didn't need to read further and switched to another book.
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Brahma's Arrow
An arrow, once aimed and fired shall never miss its target. It belonged to the God of the heroic Diva Brahma to fight against the Evil Asura Ravana…
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The next pages of the book detailed the battle and what happened afterward, but another notte at the end made it clear what happened to such a tool.
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The Arrow of Brahma was used as a sacrificial ingredient in year 450 by the Pharaoh to create the Forbidden Tome.
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Dave read more and more of these books, each detailing a weapon or a method to kill Gods, but most of them were lost, destroyed, or simply legends with no truth behind them.
Dave didn't need to continue reading. He understood that this was how the Ash King had gotten his hand on the God Slaying bolt that nearly brought down the Undeath God permanently. He had already proved that it was too dangerous to leave it in the hand of the Ash King so he needed to get it back.
"Alright, let's get out of here first. I doubt he would just leave it somewhere without supervision, so my best should be to find the Chosen One and kill him without notifying anyone else. Sounds easy enough," Dave smirked at the thought of it and moved according to his memory, towards the only way out of this library.
