After waiting for a few minutes, the corpses were fully reanimated by the creature. The newly reanimated beasts quickly got to their feet and each of them went towards one of the ghouls. These beasts had red eyes with a black sclera and the wounds on their bodies didn't heal but a black mist leaked from these wounds, the same black mist that leaked from undeads when I injure them.
"My slaves, now you have a companion to aid you in your hunts, now go forth into the forest, kill and eat and become stronger." The creature said and just when it was about to leave one of the ghouls asked a question.
"Master Foustus, what about the city with the radiant one, should we attack there as well?" The ghoul asked and I tensed up. I knew that the 'radiant one' that the ghoul was referring to was Synthia so the city it was talking about must be City B. I listened keenly to this Master Foustus' response as depending on it I will have to kill all of them now. I would rather not fight them now as even though I was tier 4 now, I doubt I could leave this place unscathed if I fought all of the ghouls at once plus this Master Foustus guy.
"No, the radiant one has an army of weaker radiant ones and a powerful creature of darkness protecting the city. Although I would love to have their corpses to add to my collection, we simply do not have the strength to defeat them, yet. So stay away for now until we are prepared." Foustus said
"As you wish master." The ghoul said as Foustus walked away. Huh, so just as I was weary of him, Foustus was weary of me as well that's good to know. Either way, I should warn Synthia as when I'm gone they could attack City B. Maybe I should leave Alice behind just in case although she probably won't like that. This is getting complicated.
'Before I leave, I should gather more information.' I thought to myself as I saw the ghouls walking out of the town alongside their new pets.
[Name: Slave 3
Race: Ghoul
Level: 10/15( 1500 exp to next level)
LP: 380/380
DP: 38/38
Traits:[]
Skills: [Regeneration],[Undead Physique],[Undead Senses],[Life Sense],[Bone Armour],[Demonic Energy Manipulation],[Decay Affinity], [Bite], [Authority]
The first thing I noticed is the name which almost made me laugh but I managed to compose myself before drawing any attention. The next thing I noticed is that this ghoul has no traits which could be because of it's limited intelligence or their master not allowing them to have any. It's skills were different from mine and Alice's but I could see the similarities and guess what they did based on my previous encounter with a ghoul. I used [Demon Eyes] and all of their statuses were exactly the same except slight variations with their names as the number was different for each of them.
[Name: ???
Race: Undead Beast(tier 2)
Level: 1/10(120 exp to next level)
LP: 60/60
DP: 6/6
Traits: []
Skills: [Regeneration], [Beastial Physique], [Beastial Senses], [Life Sense], [Tracking], [Bite]
I have never seen the status of a beast before but it was quite underwhelming. They weren't much of a threat as far as I was concerned. To gain more information, I decided to follow one of the ghouls into the forest. After following the pair of ghoul and beast into the forest and soon they were far enough from any other groups for me to enact my plan. I activated [Demon Eyes] causing both of them to shiver in fear and both of them turned around only to see a translucent figure with glowing red eyes causing both of them to go still and looked dazed. What I did was cause a bit of my aura to leak out but not enough to deactivate [Stealth] completely or be detected by any of the ghouls in the forest. To others I probably looked like a ghost with glowing red eyes, next I activated [Advanced Compulsion] causing both of them to be left dazed, waiting for my commands.
"First question, who is Master Foustus?" I asked a bit nervously as I had never used this skill before and I only received a small amount of information regarding it.
"Mastet Foustus is our Corpse Lord, the leader of our horde." The ghoul replied in a monotone voice.
"What's a Corpse Lord?" I asked
"A Corpse Lord is the next level of a ghoul." It replied.
'So this Master Foustus is a tier 4 after all, a Corpse Lord.' I thought
"What are his skills and traits?" I asked and this time the ghoul remained silent, giving no answers so I decided to ask another question.
"What is master Foustus' goal?" I asked
"To turn every creature into an undead and rule over them, eat anything that won't submit to it's rule and conquer all on his path. That is my master's goal." The ghoul said
'So ordinary villain stuff huh, got it.' I thought
"Ok then, forget this conversation ever happened." I said and turned completely visible as I deactivated my skill. The ghoul and the beast's eyes seemed to regain their former luster and they continued walking as if nothing happened. I continued watching them making sure that nothing was wrong before flying away back towards City A.