< Wake Up Eregn....Wake Up! >
Eregn began to gain some form of consciousness he looked around, but everything was in pitch black darkness he felt weightless in the sea of shadows the cold embrace hugging him like a cool blanket on a hot night he felt his consciousness begin to drift back into the darkness until he could see a white wisp of light making it's way through the shadows.
Eregn shielding his eyes from the white flames as it got closer an closer to him he could see a humanoid figure stepping towards him.
The unknown figure was stone pale grey with nothing but a black robe drapped around his muscular body, his eyes were glowing green with no pupils.
The stranger had bags under his eyes that made them look sunken an tired, his hair was white flames that flicker an danced along with his beard, as he walked closer the shadows moved away from him as the gold shackles an chains dragged on the ground from his wrists and neck.
The unknown figure
reached for Eregn placing his hand on his chest.
Eregn could feel a dark embrace enter his body jolting his insides bringing him to full consciousness as he wiped his eyes as the fog was lifted from his mind he stared at the unknown figure with a feeling that was very familiar, but he couldn't place where he seen the face before, as the stranger removed his hand Eregn could finally speak.
" Wh..Who are you ? " was all Ergen could muster up for he was still not fully recovered, but what came next shocked Eregn as the stranger smiled, but no words left his mouth.
< Well, Well we finally meet face to face my dear young Eregn don't tell me you forgot the sound of my voice... Hehehe.. >
" HADES ! How..., why am i here, where are we ? " Eregn began to panic looking all around seeing nothing around him but a ocean of darkness still an motionless like space in a empty void.
< Calm down Child... you have been unconscious for awhile now, you an the cowboy just got out of a deadly fight an almost died...I had to use the souls you collected thus far to save your life; this right here is your soul domain.... a border between life and death. >
Hades held his hand out an a green aura began to illuminate from it untill a small green orb appeared just above his palm shooting off into the air exploding like a firework creating a image of a green skull spinning in the air creating a vortex.
The immense amount of light blinded Eregn as the world around him began to shift an change into what look like a throne room, black pillars with gold bones wrapped around them as decoration all around him was a horde of gold an other exotic looking treasures with a black rug that extend all the way from the entrance to the throne which was beautifully crafted with jewels embedded into the frame with black velvet cushions that sat on top of a pile of golden skulls.
There were paintings everywhere of places, people, and great battles, but what stood out of all the paintings was one that look like a family portrait with Hades with a women and child, but both of the faces was gone in fact many of the paintings had areas of gaps that left them incomplete.
Eregn had to rub his eyes to adjust to everything as he saw Hades sitting on his throne hunched over with his hand holding up his face as if a king was waiting to be entertained.
Walking further into the throne room Eregn could feel a unholy aura of death an darkness trying to swallow him up, the pressure was so great it brought him to his knees.
Hades waved his hand an Eregn was released from the pressure of the immense power.
Standing up from his throne Eregn could tell this was someone with ungodly power that could probably blink and wipe him away.
Eregn made his way to the throne until he was standing in front of him even with Eregn evolution he dwarfed in comparison to the great entity in front of him.
" Hades what are we doing here ? " Eregn stared up at the all powerful Hades
< Since I have been awakened i have watch and absorbed the information around the world and have collected fragments of what happend in my time an thanks to Ozul for granting you access to his shadows i was able to piece together parts of my past, but i need your help collecting the rest. >
Hades snapped his fingers an the paintings began to come alive playing out certain events of Hades life but stopped once they reached a certain point like a glich.
< Right now you have been bestow a taste, only a small amount of my power over the undead an now it is time to train you to be a true necromancer, Ozul thinks you are going through a trial that he design instead you will go through three of my own trials Bone, Soul, Flesh to prove your worth.
>
Hades lifted his hands in the air as he spread his palms the air cackled an warped as three doors appeared in front of Eregn, one black, white, and red.
< You will be tested in many ways what you gain in these trials are yours to keep an will be the basics to guide you on your path, but remember choose wisely because if you fail there are no second chances and you shall remain stuck here... >
With that Hades dissapeared along with the glorious throne room leaving Eregn in nothing but darkness with the white door facing him.
Eregn reached out for the white door and it began to pull him in like a vortex untill the door shot him out, roughly landing on the ground he dust himself off noticing his hand all the way to his elbow was pitch black he flex it an moved it around
the poison was gone an damage to it was fixed, but the discolored was permanent reminder of his last battle.
The scenery began to change with fog gathering around him standing on a huge platform with a barrier surrounding it.
Eregn could see tombstones different shapes an sizes coming up from the ground, crypts began to materialize and everything began to look like some sort of graveyard as he looked further past the cemetery gates he could see a great meancing castle with a giant skull on top surrounded by black clouds of lighting in the sky with a chilling mix of purple an green to it cackling with every roar of thunder with rain the same color of blood falling on Eregn, he stood there in grey rags covering his body lucky it had a hood attached; the system screen appear before him.
< Trial 1 Castle of Bones: Can you survive the horde ? Make your way to the castle, a true necromancer doesn't fear death but embrace it, Certain Limitations shall be placed on User, earn the will of the bones and collect the Key Shards 0/3. >
Eregn quickly read over the screen an cleared it when suddenly the graveyard began to shake as skeleton hands began to rise up from the ground he tried to equip on his armor.
< Error.... Armor Equipment is damaged must repair or replace ... Weapon still available. >
" Dammit ! My stuff must have been destroyed from the last battle that damn poison ! " thought Eregn lucky his weapon wasn't badly damaged enough as he could still use it soon a long back scythe appeared in his hand as more skeletons were risen slowly underneath the platform.
< Your Bone Coffin level is too low you may only summon one of your servant to help you choose now. >
" Only one ? Come on Hades you got to be kidding me ! " Eregn shouted in frustration mentally he wasn't prepared to be thrown into another fight especially one for his life.
Eregn opened his screen for his servants an quickly went down the list an tried to decide between a Wight or his Alpha Hellhound right when he was about to choose a mini tab popped up.
< Option Available For New Servant Requirements Fufilled, Word Of Bond, Deadman Vengeance, Unfinished Business, Would you like to create a Revenant ? Y/N >
Eregn had no clue what all of that meant ,but if the system was bringing it up now he thought he might as well go for it selecting the yes option a cackling green portal began to rip in front of him.
< Reanimation Ritual Activated >