THE LORD PHANTOM OF THE DARK REALM
"The knights didn't plan to clean this place from Phantoms because doing so will attract stronger opponents from the sky", I said to them after overhearing the knights on my earphone and audio receiver.
Although the mission of the Knight of the Order was to clear the realm from dark minions, the knights who came here weren't complying or interested with the mission.
"Those cowards just want the treasure but not the risks. How did they become knighted as Knights of the Order?" Ratatouille asked us in disgust.
"The Knight Templar Court is corrupt because they are controlled by the influence peddling of the noble families. Only fools get promoted to become Knights in recent years", I added.
The knights came here for a treasure hunt, and they wouldn't want a major battle with the monsters of the realm. So, they avoided killing the Phantoms, usually only scaring them away.
In this way, the treasure hunt becomes peaceful without many casualties on the knight's side.
"The knights never expected us to have killed more than a thousand Phantoms coming here", Ratatouille added.
"The Dark Realm is furious and is sending out their stronger enforcers into the realm. The Knights are at the frontline facing this stronger enforcer", I said to him.
"Hahah, these idiots deserve it", Ratatouille replied to me and laughed.
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The sky torn asunder, revealing a multitude of grasping hands before the monstrous creature emerged.
With a mighty leap, the champion of the Dark Realm descended into the realm of the Tomb of Order, towering over the ancient battlefield.
This monstrosity was devoid of corporeal form, existed as an ethereal entity forged from the darkest of magics. Its presence was nearly invisible amidst the shadows, save for the crackling lightning that illuminated the arcane runes etched upon its form.
As it surveyed the intruding knights that were sent to vanquish its kin, a primal roar erupted from the monster's maw. With swift and furious strikes, the Lord Phantom of darkness unleashed its monstrous power upon the interlopers, crushing them beneath its colossal, clawed palm.
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A large crater was etched on the battlefield of the ancient from the smashing palm of the Lord Phantom. But despite this monstrous smash, the Lord Knights of Order were not defeated.
A powerful force field protected the knights before they rose into the air to face the Lord Phantom.
"Damn, we shouldn't have to deal with this Lord Phantom", Lord Iketes complained to them.
One of the lords rose up to argue with the menacing Phantom who entered the realm from the Dark Realm.
"Lord Phantom, we do not mean you any harm. Why must your lordship enter the Tomb of Order against our agreement", Lord Temeros asked the Lord Phantom.
"Your kind have killed so many of my Phantoms, how dare you ask me why I come? I come to kill all of you for upsetting the balance of this realm", Lord Phantom replied to the knights angrily.
There was an unwritten agreement between the Knight of Order and the Dark Realm.
There should always be a balance between the forces of Order and the forces of Dark in this realm, otherwise the Dark Realm would once again try to invade this world.
"Who the hell disturbed the balance of this realm to invoke this monster?" Lord Lady Aesoness asked.
"It must be that bastard Oriese. He was the only other Lord knight who came to this realm this time together with us. There is nobody else besides him", Lord Temeros replied to them.
"That bastard must have done it on purpose to invoke the Lord Phantom", Lord Iketes told them.
"There is a problem with this reasoning. Even the three of us combined would not be able to slay as many phantoms as would cause this monstrous lord to enter this realm", Lord Lady Aesoness said to them.
"We have no time to think about the bastard, we need to deal with the Lord Phantom first", Lord Temeros told them.
The knights brought out their powerful artifacts as they faced the Lord Phantom. This was an unwanted battle that they must fight.
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"Didn't anybody tell you not to kill so many Phantoms?" Ratatouille asked me.
"I didn't read the manual about this realm before coming here. I missed out on many details", I replied to him regrettably.
"What are we going to do now? Help the bloody knights? These knights wanted to kill you earlier", Ratatouille asked me.
"Of course we are not helping them. They deserve the fight with the Lord Phantom. Our purpose in coming here is to look for the Tomb of Arothar", I replied to him and reminded.
"Where is the Tomb of Arothar anyway? I've found nothing in the battlefield", Ratatouille asked me.
"My Malevolent Knights scoured the battlefield too for signs of the tomb, but they found nothing too", I replied to him.
"Maybe the tomb of Arothar is not here", Ratatouille said to me.
"No, the tomb of Arothar is here in this battlefield", Emperor Tian told us suddenly.
"Where can it be if it is not in the ground?" I asked them.
"Well, we've searched everywhere except the sky", Ratatouille told us.
"The tomb of Arothar can't be in the sky. The sky contains the fractures to the Dark realm", I told him.
"I can feel the magic of my divine body calling me. There can be no mistake", Tian told us again.
"Where can the tomb of Arothar be? We've searched everywhere", I asked him.
"Not, everywhere. The Sky", Ratatouille told us the improbable.
I browsed through the manual about this realm that was given to me by Dean Masker. There weren't any maps to the tomb of Arothar but there was a lot of history about this realm contained in the manual.
I quickly summarized the document and gave a brief summary.
"It says here that Lord Knight Arothar sealed the corridor to the Realm of Darkness by sacrificing his own life in the Dark Realm", I explained to them.
"That doesn't give us any clue about his tomb", Ratatouille told us.