Just as Zegrath was about to open the iron armor warrior's eyes, his head started throbbing again. however, it was not as scary as before. Zegrath saw a flash of thread flashing briefly inside his head.
He lowered his body again then sat cross-legged while closing his eyes. zegrath suddenly smiled during meditation, his smile was so comfortable and calm. it was as if a missing puzzle in his soul was starting to come together again. he even showed a few of his teeth because he was smiling so wide. it seemed that he had a big catch.
The incident lasted for 40 minutes. Zegrath who closed his eyes did not know what chaos was happening outside the dungeon at this time, many things had changed especially the atmosphere inside the dungeon.
Zegrath then opened his eyes and looked around him while frowning. 'So it's like that, no surprise'. Zegrath patted his clothes that were dirty with dust then kneeled in front of the corpse of the iron armor warrior and silently observed the next situation, somehow the atmosphere in this dungeon became a little strange.
When he meditated earlier, he had just regained the memory of the occurrence of this massacre situation, although it was not a complete memory that explained everything, still it was very useful.
He got his memories of when he had just entered the dungeon, the iron armor knight in front of him turned out to be the military chief who served in his army or maybe his family? He couldn't see clearly. The man's name was 'Melcher De Mantis' one of the names he remembered when he first occupied this body.
The troops brought were originally more than 2000 expert warriors, but many situations caused the troops to be greatly reduced until they were depleted...
The 1 week of dungeon conquest was very relaxed and smooth, the army led by Melcher De Mantis managed to sweep away many monsters and obtain some diverse artifacts, but it also took many casualties which was a miserable harvest.
The lack of resources was one of the causes of this army's downfall, everyone thought that the small dungeon they entered could be cleared in 1 month. However, they had been traveling around the dungeon for 2 months and only the doors leading to the monsters were endless.
the army's big massacre also happened when they were confronted with a white furry gorilla monster with enormous bones resembling steel. from what he saw, the monster's body was 10 meters tall accompanied by an enormous body, the giant gorilla's face was all just a large and sharp skull white like its bones
its fangs were twice as big and long as its hands. what made it look even more savage was that it had 6 hands on its body. on its head, there were many small skulls surrounding its head like a crown.
retrieving from the memory, he remembered the monster king's name was Soulface.
about 1500 expert warriors died when facing the monster. but the goods obtained were also quite useful, Soulface's fangs could be made into a very powerful medicine, it could even attract a person's soul when they were about to die. the meat could also be consumed as an antidote to the lack of resources.
After conquering Soulface, they all rested here including Zegrath. During the rest, he found many cynical and sharp eyes always pointing at him which made the previous owner of the body intimidated.
They belittled and demeaned Zegrath because he didn't participate in the whole adventure. Indeed, he didn't participate, he made himself an onion boy who didn't even hold a sword.
His only job was to eat and command the soldiers, but those soldiers couldn't do anything to Zegrath, he was the descendant of one of the most powerful and honorable dukes, and making his body injured resulted in their lives being better dead than alive. The fact that Melcher was overprotective of Zegrath was one of the factors they didn't dare to touch Zegrath.
Their troops stayed and hid for 2 weeks to observe the situation, then Melcher De Mantis mightily led the crumbling troops back.
"Look listen to my orders! This unknown dungeon is still very dangerous for everyone, we have all seen the 'show' of slaughter when facing Soulface. we will leave this room to return to face more and more monsters ahead. If we don't finish off the monsters here, this dungeon will be very dangerous for people out there, it is supported by the fact that the leaders won't show this small dungeon" Melcher De Mentis stood in front of many troops while sticking his sword into the ground, he stood tall and looked at the hundreds of desperate people in front of him. This posture was too mighty, Zegrath who saw from his memories even felt that there was little hope in this desperate situation.
"Everyone, do you want to continue to explore this dungeon and cleanse the dungeon for the lives of many people, or do you want to take off your armor and get out of the dungeon and come back to experience the life of an ordinary person with the guilt of sacrifice?" The soldiers who heard Melcher De Mantis' speech felt their souls burning.
The soldiers who heard Melcher De Mantis' speech felt that their souls were on fire. The soldiers including Zegrath raised their hands and placed them on their left chests in unison and shouted for devotion.
Actually, Melcher De Mantis could already see the end facing them, he used the future clock artifact to see the events for the next 1 day. This massacre situation was definitely in Melcher De Mantis' eyes.
He suddenly turned his back to all the soldiers and raised his sword proudly. Melcher De Mantis' eyes under the head armor were already red and watery as he just turned his back to them. in front of Melcher De Mantis' sight now were no longer hundreds of soldiers, but a door that led them to despair.
just counting the minutes for them all to see that despair, he let out a voice and shouted in his hoarse voice
"If there is not the war, you don't get the great Warriors; if there are no great conquests, we will not have great results and have a great empire; if Cecilia Windsor had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known her name."
"everything--!". after saying that, Melcher De Mantis' lips trembled, and counted the time in his heart
"This is my final order... now--EVERYONE ATTACK"
BOOM
BOOM
Just as Melcher De Mantis' voice descended, the sound of a powerful explosion rang in all of their ears, and the sturdy walls and steel doors were all destroyed by the sudden flames.
When all the soldiers entered their war mode, an extremely terrifying monster appeared before them all.
Emerging from behind the flames was a red mutant wolf that had 5 heads that reached 30 meters tall, the wolf's body was filled with very long and sharp iron bars, and his tail resembled a scorpion with green color at the end. he heard Melcher shouting "The Crazed Nightmare Wolf" to the soldiers.
When the monster saw Zegrath's army, its five faces showed a happy smile that said the food was ready.
Faced with that monster, the burning souls of the soldiers became desperate again, they all didn't care about living and ran together randomly to launch their attacks.
But, the first to be attacked by the wolf was Zegrath, when he was standing in fear, the green poisonous tail grabbed Zegrath's left chest which made Zegrath's whole body purple-green as if dying.
Melcher hesitated when he saw many of his troops ready to die towards The Crazed Nightmare Wolf, especially when he saw Zegrath dying. he gripped his sword and his mouth moved mysteriously.
Zegrath was sure what he was saying must be a spell, but... what was it?
Melcher, who was chanting while closing his eyes, did not know that all of his soldiers had died in various ways in front of him. 2 minutes after they all died, Melcher opened his eyes and his eyes turned white, all white. The iron armor he was wearing also became white and emitted a shimmering light.
He swung his sword forward and made a white blade that was as big as the Wolf's.
The Crazed Nightmare Wolf managed to dodge but he was still terrified when he saw Melcher's spell, he was sure that what Melcher used was one of the ancient sacrificial spells, he wanted to escape, but he looked down his body and saw that his legs were already chained with a giant blue chain.
"crazy! you crazy human! you used an ancient spell to trap me. aren't you afraid of your death"
"Hehehe, who cares about death, my whole life has suffered more than death, even an honorable death like this is what I'm waiting for."
One of the wolf heads looked at the dying Zegrath and said "He's your master, right? You're going to be a disrespectful slave to your master, you even want to die without saving him."
"HAHAHA... that's very funny, stupid wolf. I used a sacrifice spell like this must have considered all the situations, your poison is not that terrible, normally, surely he will recover for 3 years without medicine. if I die in vain here instead it will make him become your food."
Then from Melcher's body came out a spirit that was very similar to him. Melcher's spirit stood over Melcher on his knees.
all the wolf heads widened their eyes, they shouted simultaneously "no way! you're crazy! get us out! you're crazy to use the god's sacrifice spell, your soul will be made a slave by the god"
Before The Crazed Nightmare Wolf spoke again, an even brighter light came from the rooftop of the dungeon roof, the light resembled the body of an infinitely large person, he couldn't determine if it was male or female.
The small piece of light in his hand slowly entered The Crazed Nightmare Wolf's body and made it shatter into pieces in less than 5 seconds. the next event made his eyes shocked.
Melcher's spirit slowly floated towards the light, "I'll give you one more chance, tell me your goal one more time and I'll grant it, you are a great human being"
"I ask to save my master, Zegrath Von Voolfiws, I have been raised from hell to heaven by the Voolfiws nobles, maybe this is the last favor I can do for them."
"Well, any last words for the boy? This is also a warning I will not cure the poison completely, it will be too easy for him" the head of light then moved towards Zegrath who was dying at the end.
"While you cry for them, they will laugh for you. be strong and cut off the heads of all of them," Melcher remembers Zegrath's life in the Voolfiws' noble house as not particularly pleasant, so that's all he can say.
After saying that, Melcher's spirit softened and slowly began to disappear into dust. A white light was just above Zegrath's forehead and entered his body, his body also slowly floated and entered the door on the upper floor of the dungeon.
Info: Cecilia Windsor lived in an age of war that made entire countries and entire continents invade each other, she was the ancestor of the Windsor empire that had collapsed thousands of years ago. she raised the Windsor family from slaves to the top emperor family because of her achievements in war and slaughter. alone!. one of her most famous actions was when she managed to slaughter the demon army that ruled the continent for hundreds of thousands of years alone. even now, if the demons hear the name Cecilia Windsor, their bodies will tremble with fear due to their instincts.