Chapter 238: Shipwrecked

At the mage tower...

"Did the undead not attack the city?" The Pope of the Church of Light Pristina inquired.

"Yes, your holiness. The holy barrier that we conjured to protect the city is holding well and is warding even that doom night that is reported marching with the undead legion." The attendant beside her replied which made Pristina smile.

"The seal on that man must never be released even if I have to sacrifice every person in this city." Pristina muttered to herself as she told her attendants to follow her.

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In another room inside the mage tower, about a hundred priests of the Church of Light and the Church of Light are currently either really exhausted or passed out. Levin Cloud is one of the former as he had a passive that will never let him lose stamina below 5%. A skill that goes on a cooldown of one day whenever it is activated.

Levin Cloud is questioning why they had to perform the spell to create the holy barrier because it way more efficient to fight the undead and make a stand at Abelpoint. Even Elder Willow, his master, is against the idea of using the holy barrier method but the other elders favored it.

The elders of the Church of Light started acting strange especially when the news of Abelpoint being on the way of the undead legion came. Levin Cloud wanted to ask Elder Willow why that was the case but his master's eyes told him to not to question it right now.

Elder Willow told Levin Cloud that someone from the church is actually suspecting him of being a spy. The cause of the suspicion became more solid due to the fact that Levin Cloud suddenly started snooping around ruins that of the fallen churches. He is surprised of that fact because he knows he moved secretly but somehow someone in the church is actually watching him.

Elder Willow told Levin Cloud to be careful in his activities inside the church as it seems he is being suspected. Levin Cloud also told Elder Willow that the tree of life is actually poisoned which surprised the latter greatly. The area where the poison was is actually a restricted area in which you need permission from all the elders in order to enter.

Even Elder Willow who is a high ranking elder of the church could not enter it without being punished. This made Elder Willow sure that someone infiltrated the Church of Life to even know about that passage to that area. It also coincides with the time that suspicion of Levin Cloud came which made it more obvious.

The master and apprentice is now on thin ice at the Church of Life because of this which is why they were sent here in Abelpoint to help. But in reality, the elders of the church of life wanted to search the offices and lodging of the master and apprentice. It seems someone in the church of life wants them out of way.

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Due to the unforeseen erection of the holy barrier, Adrian now had to think of a different way to deter the marching undead. All the paladins and priests inside Abelpoint did not rally and attack the undead so now he has to think on delaying them even further.

The sea ports that have reports of ghost ships showing up is actually from an area where there are many whirlpools. The town is called Seaswirl Port and it was a vibrant fishing town but now the people evacuated due to the undead. The only living people in the town are the adventurers that are fighting the undead.

Adrian is currently doing battle with the undead along with other players on the scene but it seems even the horde of undead does not stop. Adrian even used Vortex to cull even more but the undead keep reviving from one of the accursed ship that is currently docked at the port.

Adrian had no choice but to use Soul Form Transformation to sneak inside the ship with his soulbounds. He even let Kanlaon loose inside the ghost ship. It proved effective as the ghost ship itself seems to be considered a monster so it would emit a creaky scream whenever attacked.

The real problem for the ghost ship came when the captain of the ghost ship. It seemed this ghost captain can wield everything inside the ship from ropes all the way to broken plates or vases. Sadly, Adrian and his soulbounds did not survive the battle inside the ship. So when he revived, Adrian immediately retreated to get away.

"All those undead are of level 130 and above. We still made good progress though as the whole ghost ship is now wrecked." Adrian stated while smiling but that smile immediately turned onto a frown upon seeing what is happening.

The ghost ship that he painstakingly damaged is getting repaired in real time. He is now more stressed than ever. The players in the town could hear someone cursing out someone though they could not clearly understand who. If the players were actually near Adrian then they would hear him cursing the pope of the church of light out.

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In the basement floor of the mage tower where only the head wizard could access, the pope of the church of light could be seen with two paladins. She waved her hand and a secret passage appeared before her. She went down the stairs that are revealed like she has been there many times before.

The secret passage had no lights so Pristina had to light the way herself as she went down the flight of stairs. The passage down took about an hour to traverse but Pristina patiently went down each of them as she was not in a hurry.

She finally reached the bottom of the place where she is traversing and light could be seen being emitted. She reached the room and there she saw a man that had white hair while his half naked body is riddled with wounds. The man is also bound by the magic circle below him.

As if the magic binding circle is not enough, the man is also bound by numerous chains that are as thick as pipes. Pristina looked at the man with contempt as she questioned him.

"Did you attract those undead to come and save you, Abel? Or should I call you by your race, Asmodian?" Pristina stated and the bound man opened his eyes upon hearing what she said.