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Rise of The Undead Legion (Web Novel) - Chapter 458 - Ash King's Keep
Chapter 458 - Ash King's Keep
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Dave moved slowly and carefully through the pathway leading out of the library, watching out for any Imps or other Demonic Beings that might be hidden or in plain sight. Through some paths, he had to be extra careful and wait for the group of Imps to finish dusting and cleaning the books before he moved.
At first, killing them appeared like a good idea, but once he realized that if one of these Imps went missing, or just managed to make a tiny squeal, his location would be compromised and his mission was bound to fail, he decided against it.
Dave made sure that every step he took was carefully calculated, every turn, inspected before taken. He couldn't believe that he was sent on infiltration missions so close to each other. Was it fate or just some sort of cosmic joke? Then again for the Abyssal Knight Ascension, to be a 'simple' fight against another Abyssal Knight was not much of a challenge. Even if it would be absurdly hard to beat them. As the Undead King pointed out, to become one of the Abyssal Knights, one was required to do more than to just prove how strong they were.
Take Drahma for example. The giant was ridiculously strong and powerful. Nevertheless, he wouldn't be able match any of the Abyssal Knights that boasted a similar power, plus additional abilities. Dementi had speed on her side, savagery for Dortha, stealth for Samael, then there was also the infinite magical powers of the Arch Lich Dagla, the charms of Lilith and the mystics of Marik, all of it would be far more than most could handle. These Abyssal Knights were all powerful, certainly physically, but the additional quirks they had was what set them apart from other Knights of the Legion.
Dave had proven to have brawn and brains on his side, therefore he was entitled to vie for the rank of an Abyssal Knight, so he agreed that simple combat was not enough. He needed to prove himself, one final time.
Dave's current mission was undoubtedly the hardest, not to mention the most crucial in all of his gaming career. He needed to make sure that was accomplished perfectly. Not just because it was guaranteed to be amazing to watch for all of Mr. Skeletal's fans but mostly to not disappoint the Undead King and rightfully join his inner circle.
The library felt like a maze, and the size of it only increased the duration of how long Dave had to take before leaving it. The Imps, however, grew scarcer in number once he neared the library's entrance. There were a pair of them seemingly sorting a giant stack of books currently and Dave didn't have any means to go past them without getting spotted.
Looking around, Dave picked up one of the books closest to him and threw it far away. It knocked into another shelf and suddenly several other books dropped. The fallen collection made a good deal of noise, but it notified the two imps near it to action. Once the two creatures skittered their way to clean up the mess, fear appeared in their eyes as they would most likely get punished for this 'negligence'.
Dave took the chance once the two were occupied and left the library, exiting into an even larger room. He doubted that the building he was in would even be a tenth of the size of this room. This whole thing was most likely a dimension inside the cathedral-like building.
The room he was in was larger than a dozen football fields placed next to each other. It had a sky of its own, green lands with waist-high grass, an extreme contrast to the dead scorched lands right outside this area.
The green lands had hundreds of small houses, barracks, and training grounds. Demons walked across the area with little regard to the nature around them. Wherever they walked they scorched the grass, but it magically repaired itself the moment they moved their feet off.
Every few hundred meters to the side of Dave and in a circular positioning was a pillar. Come to think of it, it looked vaguely similar to the pillar he saw in the Ash King's temple. Dave looked behind him at the library's entrance and realized that the whole thing had disappeared, and was replaced with a pillar that he could enter through.
"Guess this whole thing is built like this. Already wondered where the Ash King's army fit if it was just this relatively small cathedral building."
It was of course as Dave had come to realise, each and every pillar led to a different dimension, where the Ash King kept his things, army, perhaps even treasures and rare findings… and the security system to these things were the thousands upon thousands of Demonic Beings moving about in this large clearing
Dave opened his map and marked his current location, the last thing he wanted was to lose his point of entry. Once he marked everything, Dave crouched low and began thinking of what to do next.
"The Chosen One of the Ash King must be in one of these pillars, but I didn't get any info regarding which pillar it was. Samael must have had it easy to find the damned thing due to his ability to go by unnoticed, but I'll most likely have to check these, one by one without being seen once. This just keeps on getting more and more interesting." Dave grinned at the challenge ahead and began moving.
Laying low, Dave camouflaged himself in the grass and kept moving toward the nearest pillar, a few demons were marching nearby, but they appeared to be similar to the Imps he had encountered in the temple in that they were following a certain specific path and never veering off. This gave Dave ample time to analyze their movement and how they acted.
After a long period, Dave was sure the demons wouldn't take another route and waited for them to go past him. Once they moved, he moved slowly behind them and entered the pillar without being noticed.
Dave found himself in a prison room. The moaning of prisoners and screams of pain pervaded the area. Dave instantly left the room and went back to the outside. He didn't believe that the Chosen One of the Ash King would be toying with prisoners right now. This time around he didn't have the luxury to save them.
He crouched low and kept moving ahead, repeating the same process, over and over again. He teleported into garrisons, arsenal chambers, even into a Sworn Stalwart's den that was filled with said creatures, all lazing around, asleep. Dave practically jumped outside as soon as he walked into. If the Chosen One was there or if he had seen the Bolt there, he would have never taken another step inside. No matter how 'Lucky' he could be, he would never have enough luck to face against all more than one Sworn Stalwart at once. Especially if they were teamed up with a Chosen One.
Dave walked into another pillar where he suddenly faced a demon as soon as he entered. The two of them were startled for a second, but Dave recovered first and his sword ripped through the demon's neck, decapitating it as it was going to shout for others.
He opened the jaws on Ajax and placed the demon's body inside of it. A missing demon was better than a dead demon's body being discovered. Dave looked around, it was just another barrack of demons he set foot in and didn't seem to have anything else of interest.
It was quite sad that he couldn't go on exploring the area for treasures and loot, in fear of messing up and exposing himself.
Dave kept moving, thinking to himself that he probably had missed the Bolt due to his quick checks and arbitrary judgment on the rooms without doing a proper clear search. Yet once he entered this room, all his doubts were void. His inventory vibrated, as there was an item inside, he had forgotten even existed.
***
The Demonograph has sensed the presence of a powerful Demonling!
Chosen One detected!
Take the utmost caution when facing such a foe!
***
"It's here!" Dave muttered and took a sweeping glance through the area.
It was a room that had only one item stored in a glass container, a small rusty crossbow bolt, held on a dais, and next to it was a woman sitting on the ground with a large thorn whip to her left.
The woman had large horns and crimson red skin. The whole room was about a couple of hundreds of meters in length and width with a high ceiling. It had several other small doors that Dave believed to be what brought about Samael's ruin. These doors were most likely access points for other demons to join the female in the fight to protect the bolt.
Dave inspected the Demon.
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La-Lina (Chosen One of the Demon King)
Level: 550
Tier: Mythic
Base damage: 150,000-190,000
Danger Level: ☠
HP: 200,000
PD: 150,000
MD:150,000
Skills:
[Blessed One] (Passive) Unknown Effects.
Lore
Most warrior demons are males, with a rare few being female. As for the Chosen Ones none are female but her. La-Lina, is the only female demon that has ever earned the right to become one of the Ash King's Chosen Ones and had received his blessing to never fall in battle. La-Lina is powerful without doubt, and anyone who questioned her power based on her gender had met a grueling death.
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"Nice try on the anti-sexism, Albert, but I believe in true gender equality. I wouldn't mind doing a dropkick on a girl if she deserves it," Dave snorted and moved toward the demon.
He had a plan in mind. Lost in his thoughts Dave didn't even realise that he was rubbing his beard as he walked forward.
