A few minutes before,
POV Shiva,
An arrow pierced his shoulder as he was dodging the sword slash of the man in front of him.
he dodged sideways wailing in pain, he was rolling on the ground holding his shoulders,
'Damn it hurts'
while he was suffering from the pain of an arrow piercing his shoulder, a sword was descending towards him aiming right at his neck,
' I can't dodge it'
He screamed internally,
' Is this how my life ends? I don't want to die yet'
as he was struggling to move his ass, a system message greeted him,
[Karna is wishing to give you the skill " Shadow Movement"]
[will you accept]
'At a moment like this, I can only rely on luck, yes'
[You have obtained the skill, 'Shadow movement']
[Shadow movement:-
The user can blend into the shadow and move in the form of a shadow, while in shadow form the user cannot attack others or defend himself from others' attacks.
mana usage-
cooldown - 5 min]
Seeing the new skill sent by Karna, A slight hope was formed inside him as he thanked Karna internally,
'Damn that son of a gun, Karna, I will be sure to repay you for this favor'
His brain began to work in an absolute crazy manner, while the sword was drawing close to his neck,
'Let try that, I can only rely on probability now'
He used the skill 'Shadow movement' and summoned Virupa at the same time and ordered him to replace himself while he used the 'Blazing skull' at the incoming sword, causing an explosion
That explosion gave him enough time to blend into a nearby shadow and Virupa, to replace him while transforming like Shiva.
as the dust from the explosion cleared the sword in the man's hand came down towards virupa's head and his head rolled down to the ground.
****
coming back to the present, Shiva was hiding in the shadow of the blurry man, as the man looked at the incapacitated head and said,
"It seems the information was exaggerated, He was not even able to put up a fight,"
"Throw the body to 'Patal' and contact madam, say that he is dead and he was not up to the mark"
the one behind the blurry man replied,
"Yes, sir"
The men in the back came toward the body while one dragged the body another took the head and went away,
Shiva who was still in the shadow of blurry man, he waited for a good opportunity and escaped from his shadow to a nearby shadow of a tree and after an hour when there was nobody around he came out,
he summoned kapali as he asked
"Kapali, where is Patal"
"My lord, it's not safe for you now to go there," he said as he looked at his master with concern.
"KAPALI"
Shiva looked at Kapali, Rage was boiling in his face, he was ashamed and angered, angered about himself for sacrificing his comrade even if Virupa didn't die actually, he couldn't accept the fact that he sacrificed him because he was not strong enough.
"I ASKED YOU WHERE THE HELL IS PATAL"
Kapali could now see that his lord was now angered, he was like a demon straight from hell, His face was distorted with anger filling inside him.
"my lord, to say that I need you first understand about the tower"
"The Ruined Tower contains a total of one hundred floors, on which three persons have already cleared the 99th floor and are trying to challenge the last floor of the tower"
"but that was not all, the tower also contains seven floors below"
"Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Talatala, Mahatala, Rasatala and Patala. together they were called as Underworld, the tower is directly connected to the deepest floor, Patal, not anyone can go there only the dead or the person who is personally punished by the tower are sent there, it is said that the one who rules patal, is the pet of one of the Three who cleared the 99th floor"
Shiva was now confused, a mere pet was ruling the deepest part of the Ruined tower and no one was attacking or stealing it, just how...
" I know what you are thinking master, a mere pet was ruling the entire floor, right?"
shock was visible on his face she listened,
"Yes master, there were countless people stronger than it, but they were afraid, not of the pet but its owner, they were afraid of him so they don't dare to mess with it"
now he was wondering how powerful might he be if can make fear in countless peoples hearts,
But he knew that this was not the time to be amazed or shocked, He asked Kapali,
"Kapali, you said only the dead or the one who was punished by the tower can go there, is there no way"
"There is a way master...but....."
"It doesn't matter if it is difficult, we have to retrieve Virupa's body at any cost, tell me"
He has already sacrificed Virupa, but he didn't abandon him. What's done was already done there was no going back but he can't do the same mistake twice, he was thinking of ways to retrieve his body so that he could summon him again
"Master for you to enter Patal like I said you have to be punished by the tower, but if you are thrown into Patal as you are now then, you can't even stay alive for a second there, so you have to do something which will make the tower punish you but not too heavily just to enter the Atal, and once we enter Atal, we can continue to descend the tower by challenging the guardians guarding the next floor's door"
"Hmmm....then kapali, what should I do then?"
"My lord it may sound bizarre, but you have to do what the tower says you can't"
"Master, you know, one has to clear the stage floor before ascending to the next floor, let's say you tried to force your way inside, do you think the tower will sit silently and watch?"
"haha...you are indeed brilliant, Kapali. But, I can't reveal my name anywhere from now on, I don't know who those people are but they are trying to kill me even if I didn't even do anything to offend them"
An uncontrollable rage was rising inside him, He didn't know the people who attacked him, he didn't harm them in any way but they tried to kill him, Hell he could have died if it isn't for Karna to send the skill at the right time. He pledged then and there that whoever it is that tried to kill him, he is going to kill them in the most brutal way possible,
[The title Effect of 'Crafty Vengeance' is triggering]
[The whole 'Bramhalok' is now set as target for Vengeance]
He read the message and now he got the idea of who the people who tried to kill him, but he wasn't going to do anything now, Retrieving Virupa is the more important matter now,
"Kapali from now on we will move in the dark, we will get stronger in silence, for the world Shiva is Dead, let it be that way, I know I am not strong enough but then I can't afford to stay weak and humble, let's move, from now on we will create our own path, and before all that let's Take back Virupa from Patal"
"yes, my lord"
"Then shall we move to the 2nd floor's door"
A wide smile crept on his face as he moved in front, while kapali was showing him the way.
"Hehehe..."
Thus started the Crazy deeds of the Crazy Necromancer in the ruined tower.