Chapter 234: Mischief II
Before the attack of the masked undead...
Adrian already found out the fortress he defended during the first undead siege is being targeted once more by the undead marching towards the north. He used a complex array of triangulation and equations to solve the trajectory of the marching undead meaning he used the internet.
Adrian already teleported himself towards the Alabaster Fortress in hopes of participating with the defense. Adrian decided to hide in plain sight by blending in with the adventurers that are below the fortress walls. He did not just use his human persona but change his look to become a gnome.
He successfully blended in and when others asked his job class then he would answer that he is a Rogue. He used his twin dagger psyche armaments as weapons so that he could disguise himself efficiently. If he used his human disguise then some Evergreen guild members might notice him as he already noticed some he already met before.
He denied all party invitation that some good nurtured people asked him because they thought he might be lonely. He politely declined saying to them that his guild only asked him to do a scouting mission and he would not participate in the battle. What Adrian really wanted to do is try and delay the undead legion then immediately leave.
Adrian just wanted to test his theory if the timer for his mission will increase if he became a detour for the marching undead. At first, Adrian wanted to teleport directly to the undead legion and activate his Vortex skill but decided not to upon seeing what happened to those who flew too close to the undead legion.
He is currently sitting on the grass when he noticed the dark clouds rolling from the distance. This is the signature effect that a horde of undead are approaching the vicinity. He prepared intently by surrounding himself with spacemines so that he will not get sneak attacked.
When the dark clouds rolled towards the clearing, he is utterly stunned because on one undead came out of the forest. He did not let his guard down as he moved closer in order to see the details of the undead. Before he could activate his evil eye though, a large number of spells is suddenly hurled towards the masked undead thereby making him unable to see the masked undead clearly.
He waited for the spell effects to disappear and the aftereffects of the spells to dissipate. He thought that the masked undead would either be heavily damaged or dead by some miracle of the RNGsus. His wishes were not true as the masked undead did not even have a scratch on its ghostly body.
Adrian could confidently say that the masked undead suffered no damage. He can condifently sat that because he can now clearly see the details of the masked undead. The masked undead took no damage despite the cracks that is seen on its mask.
Monster: Gheist
Level: 220
HP: 50,000,000 / 50,000,000
MP: 50,000,000 / 100,000,000
Adrian did not know but even he feels that something is off with the masked undead. Adrian observed clearly what is happening with the masked undead and he immediately noticed that the dark clouds disappeared. The masked undead suddenly made a bone chilling sound then exploded into nothingness.
Adrian is about to use Teleportation to escape because the undead suddenly disappeared. As he is about to use the skill, the surrounding became dark. He now had reduced vision and is hearing groans of multiple people at the same time. He thought he heard someone shout something but he just told himself that he is hearing things.
Adrian then felt an aura of a powerful entity pass by him but it is only for a second. He could tell that the aura is now away from him and now it could be sensed going towards the direction of the walls. Adrian was about to follow the powerful aura when he suddenly realized that the surroundings were riddled with masks.
Even Adrian did notice but he is surrounded by those mask that are copies of Gheist's mask. He even stared at one face to face. He suddenly screamed when the mask made a creepy smile but he felt danger so he unconsciously used Blink.
His instincts were right as he heard the screams of agony of the people close to him. The masks that is close to him also became animated as they now carried weapons. He noticed what happened to those near him as they are now pierced with weapons of this masked undead.
"I have no choice but to use my skill now." Adrian stated as he channeled his mana to use his skill.
An enormous amount of power is gathered on Adrian's palm as the pebbles on the ground itself suddenly started floating as if gravity is being reversed. A small sun that is the size of a marble is materialized at Adrian's hands. He let go of this marble sized sun and it rose to the air slowly and surely.
The small sun rose to a height of about thirty feet and an explosion sounded that is reminiscent of glass shattering. A black hole is then generated in the air that sucked everything inside near it. Both undead and the living is sucked inside the black hole.
Adrian did not register at the fort defense so he is basically just by himself with no allies meaning his AOE skills will affect everything around him. Both the undead and the living wondered where the swirling vortex that is pulling them came from.
Adrian though did not care that he is damaging both friendlies and enemies in the process. He just wanted to know if his experiment is successful and he could only smile. The timer that he is given is suddenly extended by ten minutes that is the same duration as that of the Vortex skill.
Adrian is extremely happy with what happened and he would have jumped for joy but a gloomy message is sent to his notifications.
[Your soulbound Kanlaon has been dealt with tremendous damage. Kanlaon is currently in danger.]
"That is enough mischief for today. I need to find out what happened to Kanlaon." Adrian stated as he activated his teleportation to take him back to the forge.
Be it luck or fate, Adrian vanished into particles as his body became particles of light thereby dodging the attack of the doom knight. Though Adrian disappeared, his skill effect did not but the doom knight is not pulled by the force of the black hole. The doom knight can only observe as his troops are being slowly culled by the black hole filled with a dangerous energy.