Senani entered an area of complete darkness. He continued placing one foot in front of the other, there was only one path, and it continued to lead down. When Senani reached the bottom of the incline, lights began to light up all around a vast chamber. Inside, he saw 25 statues. They reminded him of what he had seen when he met Dmitri and Maximus. Senani was sure these would be the guardians of Arkas soul stone.
"Quest Received, Obtain the new body of Arkas. Quest Reward, Master Absorption skill."
"Quest Received, Claim the army of Arkas. Quest Reward, The treasure of Arkas."
Senani was baffled, he had never had 3 quests at the same time before. He now also now knew that Arkas had a new body. Senani tried to plan a strategy for dealing with the 25 statues. However, without knowing their abilities, this was virtually impossible. He decided to just walk in and utilize his aura. He hoped it would be enough to immobilize all of them and force them to join his army.
Senani casually strolled into the room in the middle of the statues. He exerted the full force of his aura and all 25 went immediately to their knees. Senani had done this so many times it did not even surprise him anymore when they joined him. He spoke, "I am Overlord Senani, Emperor of House Sloth. Join me and live, fight and die."
One of the statues responded, "Then kill us. We serve only the master of this place. We are bound to him and will never submit to the will of another."
Senani was somewhat surprised. But he did not want enemies at his back when he moved forward so he decapitated each of them. When the last head hit the ground, all their spirits left their bodies and went into the next room.
"Quest Received, Survive the assault of Arkas and the 25 Knight Templars. Quest Reward, Integration Stone. "
"Quest Received, Recruit the 25 Knight Templars. Quest Reward, Artifact Pirate Ship of the Line."
Suddenly Senani felt he had made a mistake by killing them. Merely surviving the attack from them would level him up. With it being a quest reward, he knew it would be extremely difficult, especially since the reward was the same as when his army fought Red. In here he had no army. He had to enter alone. Senani refused to give up though. He looked through the gear on the corpses, hoping to find a better sword. Looking through he managed to find a Tier 2 artifact sword. He quickly traded it out with his then teleported all the bodies to his bedroom in the palace. He already knew they had no spirits to try to recruit as he watched them leave into the next room. He then hid in the shadows and proceeded to move into the room. Silently hoping that no one was alerted to his presence.
As soon as he entered the door to the next room, an alarm went off. Senani dove to the left and moved behind a decorative pillar. The room he was in was massive. In the back, sitting on a throne, Senani could see a massive statue. It looked just like Arkas only it was 70 feet tall. In its hand it held a massive staff. In the center of its head Senani could see a fist sized Topaz. Around the throne, wearing bright blue-plate mail with a tower shield in one hand and a sword on their side, bowing down were 25 statues of a slightly smaller size. These were only 45 feet tall. Senani feared he knew what these were. On the throne must be Arkas new body. Surrounding him would have to be the Knight Templars. Senani decided to handle this battle as he had the previous room. He exerted his full aura. He managed to subdue these knights before so it should be no problem, right?
As soon as he entered all 25 Knight Templars turned towards Senani. In the forehead of each sat a slightly smaller gemstone. They each drew their swords and raised their shields. They lined up, side by side and placed their shields side by side forming a shield wall. Then Arkas spoke, "Thank you for releasing me from that body. These are all God bodies created by my master. You see he owned this world. It was his land grant. At his level and with his Overlord system, he was able to create a great many things in this world. These bodies are not able to be injured by normal weapons. Even a top-grade Tier 2 with a Tier 2 sword could not so much as scratch us. Further, each body contains a God weapon and God armor that is bound to the body and can not be removed. It can slice through any item in this world with ease. Submit to me, give me control of all you have earned, and I will spare you. Allow me to make you my undead general and you will be feared everywhere you go. Resistance is futile. You cannot leave here alive. Even if you had your full army, you would not defeat us here."
Senani activated his 200% buff for being in his land grant. He did not feel he had any chance of winning this battle without it. Senani then considered his next move. The shields formed a formidable wall, 35 feet tall. There was no way he could go over them. The shields were on the ground so he could not go under them. They also touched off with the wall on both sides, the Knight Templars had formed an impenetrable semicircle surrounding Arkas. Senani contemplated for a moment then he contacted Azriel. He built this place and the Knight Templars; he must know of a way to defeat them.
Azriel spoke, "You are in the room of my dungeon that protects my most valuable treasures. The shield wall the Knight Templars make is impenetrable. They can stand guard forever. The body Arkas possesses was built to house my spirit. It is also impenetrable. The only weak point in any of them is the soul stone in the forehead. If you manage to capture it, you can destroy it to destroy them. Or with your system you may be able to bind them to you. I do not see anyway you can possibly get to the soul stones, however. They are stronger in skill than Maximus and each of them possesses God bodies and Weapons. They even exceed the strength of my body. They were meant to be the ultimate defense. Incapable of failing. I am sorry I cannot be of more help. The only other thing that may benefit you is that they can never leave the room they are bound to. Even if you manage to bind them to you, you can only bind them to a stretch of land, like your palace for instance. They would never be able to leave your land grant or the land you bound them to. They are meant to be guardians. Not an assault team."
Senani considered what Maximus told him. If they were meant to be guardians, Senani would try to get them to attack him. If he could get around the shield wall, perhaps you could get the soul stone of Arkas. With that in mind he hid in the shadows and moved to the left edge of the shield wall. He attempted to climb up the shield. As soon as the Knight Templar felt the added weight on his shield, he bashed it forward, throwing Senani across the room. Senani landed in a lump, completely visible, with the wind knocked out of him. Arkas laughed. He did not expect the battle to be this easy. He had only been told how strong these bodies were. They had never been tested. When he had killed his master, he had bound his spirit into its original body and claimed his soul stone for his own. He then claimed the treasure of Azriel.
Arkas felt as though this battle had already been won. He orders the knights to move forward and kill Senani. The knights moved did as they were commanded. They began to move forward. Senani stood up and hid in the shadows again. The Knights Templar again formed a shield wall and continued to move forward. They intended to trap Senani and then crush him. Senani ran for his life to the edge of the semicircle. If he could manage to get behind them, he may have a chance. The knights at the edges of the circle continued to forward, they were trying to circle around the area that Senani had been last seen. Once the circle was formed, they would have him. Senani continued to run. He was almost to the edge of the circle. The knights still had a bit more to travel, however a 35-foot statue moved much faster than a 6-foot man. Senani was unsure if he could make it. He dove and rolled as he approached the edge. He made it through has the shields formed together closing in the circle.
Senani had made it through. And he was so small comparatively that no one had noticed him hiding in the shadows. He continued over to Arkas. Arkas had sat back down on the throne. With his size he could easily see over the heads of the others. Senani ran to the throne. Once he arrived, he began to climb up the throne. The Knight Templar were moving in, making the circle smaller and smaller. They intended to crush Senani in the middle. No one in the room thought that it was possible for him to escape.
Even with the 200% buff he had barely made it through. Senani himself did not think he was going to make it. Now he had to figure out how to get to the soul stone without alerting Arkas. Climbing the throne was easy enough. Senani managed to make it all the way up the back of the throne. He currently stood directly above the head of Arkas. He could dive down onto Arkas head and run towards the soul stone in his forehead, but it would only take one swipe of Arkas hand to completely crush him. Senani stood there and tried to form a plan as the Knight Templars circle became smaller and smaller. It would not be long until they discovered he had escaped the circle. Once they did all 25 of them and Arkas himself would begin to look for Senani. His opportunity for surprise was growing smaller and smaller.
Senani could only find one option, so he dove onto Arkas head and rolled towards the soul stone in his forehead. Senani grabbed a massive strand of hair and began to slide towards the stone. He was extremely grateful that Arkas had long hair, otherwise it would have been a long fall to the ground. As soon as Arkas felt the small thump on his head he began to move his hand towards his soul stone. He knew he had to cover it. Senani made it down the hair, the soul stone almost within reach as the great hand hit him in the back. Senani was knocked forward into the stone. He grabbed it in his hand and using his massive strength ripped it out of the forehead as the hand hit his back again. Arkas intended to crush him against the stone.
Now that Senani had the stone in his hand, he commanded Arkas to move his hand to his side and allow Senani to stand in the center of it. Arkas obeyed.
"Quest Complete, Survive the assault of Arkas and the 25 Knight Templars. Quest Reward Granted, Integration Stone. "
"Quest Complete, Obtain the soul stone of Arkas. Quest Reward Granted, common grade pirate ship and advancement to Tier 2."
"Congratulations, you are now Tier 2. You have acquired the skill soul transfer." Soul Transfer, transfer the soul of a being to a new gem and bind your soul to gem it originally possessed. The soul transferred out of the original gem will no longer be able to form a body and will only be able to communicate with the master of its original gem. The master can force its spirit into a golem or body of his choosing if the gem is placed in the center of the body's forehead. It will be bound to a designated location; this will be determined by the master of the original gem. It will be unable to leave the location it is bound to and will be a guardian until the master releases it or restores it to its original body. Alternatively, the master may enter a spirit covenant with the spirit and allow it freedom to form its own body.
Senani's entire body glowed with a bright red glow. The power exhibited from his body was immense. Senani cancelled the 200% buff. He controlled Arkas and no longer needed it. The pirate ship appeared in his inventory. He would not need it yet. Senani then utilized his new skill Soul Transfer. He chose to bind his spirit to the soul stone that Arkas possessed. He chose an onyx from his bag to bind Arkas to. Senani placed his own stone back into the forehead of the great statue.
"Quest Complete, Recruit the 25 Knight Templars. Quest Reward Granted, Artifact Pirate Ship of the Line."
"Quest Complete, Obtain the new body of Arkas. Quest Reward Granted, Master Absorption skill."
"Quest Complete, Claim the army of Arkas. Quest Reward Granted, The treasure of Arkas."
Master Absorption skill: Absorb the stats of a body of any type, quality, or Tier.
With the integration of the soul stone, Senani gained the allegiance of the 25 Knight Templars, the army of Arkas, the treasure of Arkas which originally belonged to Azriel, and the giant God body statue. Senani considered this a phenomenally successful trip. He decided to bind all the Knight Templars and the giant body to his training grounds. He would have a body constructed for Azriel and would do the same once construction completed. Senani then teleported the Knight Templar statues as well as the throne and the giant body to his training grounds. With the throne out of the way, the treasure of Arkas was revealed. There were a great many chests of gold as well as the artifacts used to create the god bodies and weapons. Unfortunately, there were limitations on the artifacts. They were able to create God bodies and artifacts only in your land grant and they would not be able to leave the land grant. Senani was still quite pleased with the treasure. He teleported the gold to his treasury at the palace and the artifacts to his bedroom at the palace. He then went back up to the undead city.