Within a tent made out of Cow's Hide, a man laid on the wooden bed, looking rather injured. He had a long bloody cut across his chest that no matter how many bandages were wrapped around him, the bleeding wouldn't stop. The injured man was Vack Dragoon.
As he laid in bed thinking about his miserable loss to the Light Swordsman, a shadow of a hunchback man appeared outside of the tent. When Vack noticed the hunchback's presence, he immediately left his bed, kneeling on the ground without care for his wounds. He bore the pain that felt like a million needles stabbing on his wound, for the man in front of him can do him much worse.
"Mas...Master," Vack's words trembled as he spoke to the hunchback man. "The... The Light swordsman was... Was too strong for me. I apologize for being a let down to your excellency."
"You imbecile! How can you not even take care of a Light Swordsman? You were even blessed with my demonic power." As the hunchback man came closer to Vack, he was able to see the numerous scars on the wrinkled face of his master. One of his eyes was not open, but it did not seem like he was missing his eye. There were stitches that sewed together his eyelid preventing it from opening it. He was the demon wizard of Dark Arts, Garglos that once tried to foil Sato's mission.
Garglos reached out his bony arm, straight for Vack Dragoon's body. As he touched Vack's skin, a dark aura started to emanate from Garglos' hand. "You shall now pay with your life! Life Drain!"
"No your excellency! I promise to not fail you anymore! I promise! Ahhhhhh!!!" As Vack screamed and writhed in pain, Garglos did not let go of his grip, continuing to drain his life force from the Dragoon head. Within seconds, the once muscular Vack had become a pile of skin and bones.
Life Drain - Suck up the life force that is within a person. Each year of life force is equivalent to a year of living.
"Pathetic of him to only contain 5 years of life force left." Garglos snorted. The reason why he dared to make so much noise was due to the soundproof barrier that his tactician, Marcoy created.
"Now, let us carry out the backup plan. Bone Realignment."
Crackling sounds could be heard throughout the room. It was from the bones of Garglos. The once hunchback old man had miraculously managed to straighten up his back. In addition, his once sharp diamond-shaped face had transformed into a squarish-looking face.
"Damn! That hurt way too much! Now, Muscle Inflation!"
Next, came the sound of the whistling of air. The noise continued as the muscles of Garglos started to grow bigger. His chest, biceps, thigh and even his nether region were all inflated!
When all this was finish, Garglos removed his dark purple robe to reveal his naked body. The once frail and bony figure had changed into a muscular and well-built body!
Walking up to the pile of skin and bones, Garglos separated the skin from the bones, after which he slipped it on himself. The body muscles were configured to look like Vack. He was planning to impersonate him!
Looking down at the new him, Garglos cackled in amusement. Oh how it reminded him of his past. Back then, in order to enter the Undead Faction, he had to dress up similar to this.
"Sir Garglos, there is the adventurer, SilentNoise is here to seek your presence and guidance," Marcoy informed his superior who was getting used to his body.
"Oh, "Garglos smiled in excitement. This was the young man that would help the Dragoon family in any way that he could. "Help wrap me up in bandages now. It's time to test whether my acting skills are still up to par."
After three minutes of waiting, the anxious SilentNoise was allowed to enter the tent. He had been pacing around outside, not knowing what to say to the head of the family. When SilentNoise went into the tent, the assistant of Vack, Marcoy (He was placed under Vack when he was still alive) was already standing beside the injured man.
Seeing the deep red wound on the General, it made Silent even more apparent that the loss of their undead city was drawing near. He decided that he should speak up now, for it would be too late in a moment's time.
"General Vack... I... I am regretful to say this, but... We are losing the war on our front. The adventurers... We simply lack the strength to win against the wretched Human Faction!" Silent put on a defeated look as he spoke with grit. One knee on the ground, his fist was rolled into a ball as he looked up at the deathly-looking general.
"My treasured adventurer, I too was defeated by the Great Light Swordsman. I'm close to death's door and yet I do not want to die with any regrets." With the help of his assistant, Garglos used all his strength to stand up. He walked towards SilentNoise as he made the adventurer stand up.
"I will need your help during the next part of this war. The next fight may be the climax and finale all in one." With a little bit of acting, Garglos made sure to look like he struggled. In Silent's eyes, Vack had raised his hand outwards. A purplish aura that gave off an overwhelming power started to form in his hand. The spherical aura grew larger and larger, but eventually, it condensed into a small dense ball.
"This... Is the remaining power that... I have in me... Use it... On the warriors... You see fit... I look forward... To the victory... For my city..." After giving his 'remaining power' to SilentNoise, Vack collapsed on the ground, struggling to say his last few words. It was then, Vack Dragoon had passed on.
"*Inheritance Of The Mysterious Aura
*You have received a Mysterious Aura from Vack Dragoon. Should you choose to accept this strength, you would be required to share it with 50 players.
*The Mysterious Aura will be able to give the players a 200% increase in all stat points throughout the course of this war. The side effects are unknown, but it may also not show throughout your whole gaming experience."