After all, conquest waits for no one. Or was it time waits for no one? Rise didn't care. As he got up, he felt a little less pain, but he got through it. Maybe he could train his pain tolerance. Turns out your body adapts fast, or should I say mind? The pain eventually 'subsided' and when I mean subsided I mean Rise got over the pain. A few steps later, and he was already walking like normal again. As he stepped outside into the hail, he saw the new skeletons helping, the karhkly was watching with great interest. His God had made him come here, at first he was hesitant and disobeying, but he got over it. This new Lord of his, was quite special. The more the karhkly explored his Lord's thoughts, the more eviler it became.
This one had a hard life, but was also very vindictive. The only problem was the girl in his memories, he didn't hate her. He'll solve that one day, for now, it was killing time. As Rise stepped out, he saw that the little 'village' had been rebuilt already. People were still a little solemn but they were excited for the future. Rise looked at them, then he looked down bitterly. It seemed a little unfair to them that he was only using them for vengeance. Yes, that's right, everything he's done so far was for revenge. The karhkly knew this and supported him. Sometimes Rise wondered if he should just develop normally. But to get revenge, drastic measures are in order.
He wandered over to the many dead bodies of his foes. From what he could see, there was about three soul flames, he was incredibly lucky this time. All of them had the same stats.
[Human Soul Flame.
Potential: White-Diamond-Adept Common.
Tier: White-Bronze-Elementary Common.
Effect: +20% construction and technology development speed.
Effect 2: Whenever you move, there seems to be someone behind you. Aka, +100% physical strength and speed.
The soul flame is a mysterious thing.
Remark: This human died of loneliness after all his friends died to your grotesque and horrible undead, yay!]
[Note: Can stack...]
Rise saw the note and a cruel thought formed. If he got a lot of soul flames... it wouldn't matter who stood in his way. The percentage would do everything for him. The karhkly also looked at it with desire, as if sensing it Rise decided to throw it at him. After all, a certain pair of words taught him something about his race.
[Fiends are subjects who are basically heroes, but evil. They can be strengthened when consuming certain types of objects. The object's properties are then assimilated into the Fiend. Some Fiends many even have a multiplication bonus if it's an object that directly relates to their race.]
The karhkly happily snatched the soul flame into Rise's shadow and consumed it. Rise felt it get stronger. Rise grabbed the other two soul flames and absorbed them like he did the the ice wolf soul flame. As Rise moved his arm, there seemed to be an after effect, a shadowy arm trailed after his own. There were two arms though. Probably just the stacking effect.
There wasn't much to do, there was enough food for two days at most. They could go hunting later, but right now they needed to reinforce the town. The architect also began to construct a small wall surrounding the town. As life went on, Rise felt a little bored again. Maybe it was his cyromaniac senses which he developed over the course of three days was at work. Yes, cryomaniac, instead of wanting the world to burn, he wanted it to freeze over and rot. Though a notification in his text messages alerted him. He quickly opened up the text.
[ZQ: Hello, I believe you are the one the quiet monarch pointed me to?]
[FZ: The Eternal Silent Monarch? If you mean him then it's probably yes.]
[ZQ: Yes, I do talk about that monarch. I contacted you because I have an offer to make.]
[FZ: An offer?]
[ZQ: Yes, we both were banished from being part of the Sky Goddess's pawns. I want to destroy her and her pawns. Put simply, let's make an alliance.]
[FZ: Sure. What do you propose in this alliance?]
[ZQ: Simple, we send resources over to each other, and when we are attacking Sky Goddess's pawns, the other helps. It is the same if the pawns attack one of us. Does it sound like a fair deal?]
[FZ: Alright. But do note, we both are most definitely thousands of kilometers away from each other. Unless you are in the Forbidden Hail? Somehow I only figured that out today where I was.]
[ZQ: Same, not the location, but the fact that I only found out where I am. But it is a problem, I'm currently in the Desolate Death. But the monarch figured out a way of sending our forces over.]
[ZQ: Screenshot.] The screenshot was one of a sort of red transmutation circle.
[ZQ: This is the Devilish Insanity Emperor's very own transporting circle. Those that don't have protection from an Ancient Being or Fiend Emperor are unable to pass through unharmed. Even those with protection from a Great Destiny God will still go insane.]
[FZ: But we are the apostles of Ancient Beings.]
[ZQ: Exactly.]
[FZ: Then I shall agree to this alliance.]
[ZQ: Then we have a deal. But may I ask for you to send a screenshot of yourself? I am quite interested in the Lord of the Frozen Perished. Let me send one first.]
[ZQ: The Zombie Queen; Screenshot.] It was of a girl who was Rise's age, she was wearing a sort of black robe. She had almost ghost like pale skin and a mean but pretty face. Rise didn't exactly trust her, but he'd already asked the Eternal Silent Monarch, he did point her to him.
[FZ: Lord of the Frozen Perished; Screenshot.] A boy the age of the girl appeared, he wore a heavy fur cloak. Half of his head was covered. On the cloak were reinforced ice shoulder guards. Zombie Queen looked at him a for bit.
[ZQ: Good working with you.]
[The Zombie Queen has gone offline.]
Rise has a cold expression as he watched her go offline. But for now, it was time to sacrifice someone.