Undead Ruins I
"... Titus?" Felicia who was eating her breakfast saw her brother moving as if his body had become incredibly heavy as his arms were constantly down and he moved his legs like he was in a swamp.
"Ah, good morning Sister." Titus smiled but it clearly looked forced.
"Are you alright?" She couldn't help but feel slightly worried seeing this.
"Yeah. Just… training." He replied.
"Didn't your training finish yesterday?" Felicia looked at him incredulously, and even while struggling, Titus had a proud look on his face.
"Sir Christopher gave me a special training method. He told me that by the time it's over, my speed will soar greatly!" Felicia blinked And then sighed.
"You do you I guess. Speaking of which, where has he gone?" Felicia asked and Titus blinked.
"He told me he had something important to do today and that he'll be back before dinner." He replied. Hearing this, a faint smile formed on Felicias's lips.
"Hm. He's really diligent huh? How interesting." A playful glint could be seen in her eyes as she made this statement.
***
"Hm. It's not as far away as I thought." Christopher mumbled to himself as he looked at The map laid on the table in front of him.
He was back in the Guild building with his Dreamer persona and he was using the map to ascertain the position of the blue rank Undead Dungeon he was supposed to subjugate.
When he finished, he rolled up the map and left The building, the mask making it so that barely anyone noticed his leave.
'I don't really want to waste time. So let's just teleport.' He thought and raised his hand. Then, space around Him seemed to fluctuate, and then a moment later, he disappeared.
An instant later, he arrived somewhere a few meters above the ground and dropped down before landing softly.
He looked around and saw that he was at the top of a mountain, and not too far away from him, there was a large opening. And even from that distance, Christopher could clearly see and feel the dark energy of death oozing from the opening.
"Well that's ominous. Anyway, it's about time I brought you guys out." Christopher said lightly and snapped his fingers. A moment later, four dense auras emerged as Kim, Silver, Umbra and Chiara were finally let out of the Dimension.
"Woah. Master let us out!" Chiara flapped her wings and flew around Christopher while looking around curiously.
"Hmph. The Mana here is so thin. And everything is so ordinary." Umbra Said like a brat and folded his paws over each other.
"What did you call us for, Master?" Kim's ear twitched as she looked at Christopher curiously while Silver just surveyed the area.
"Well, there's a task that involves killing a bunch of Undead. And while I can do it myself, I thought it would be a great opportunity for you guys to get out and train while also stretching your legs a bit. If you know what I mean." When he said that, Silver and the two dragons looked at him, excitement palpable in their eyes.
"We get to fight?!" Umbra said, his excitement showing in his magic as he unconsciously caused dense shadows to form everywhere haphazardly.
"Calm down. Yes, you guys will get to fight." Christopher said and rubbed the heads of the two kids to make them calm down a little.
"So… we can let loose?" An irrepressible grin formed onSilvers's face as his tail wagged back and forth and Christopher nodded gently.
"Mhm. That cave in there. The task is simple. Kill everything you see, collect valuables, and leave the boss. Incapacitate him though." Their eyes shone. They were sold at kill everything you see.
"Well, let's not waste anymore time." He said and pointed at the cave entrance.
"In we go."
***
"It really is a ruins." Christopher couldn't help but whistle as he looked around. There were all sorts of structures that were built into this massive cavern And they all had thus ancient architecture style that held this strange yet captivating feel about them.
'Lots of things to add to the Dimension.' He thought before saying.
"Okay, another rule, minimize the damage to the place please." He said and Umbra turned around.
"Don't worry Master, I have just the thing for that." His draconian grin was filled with surety.
'Oddly Enough, I don't doubt that.' He thought before he immediately felt something, some things, enter his perception range.
The others noticed it as well as they all looked forward with anticipation, though only Kim looked apprehensive.
'You're stronger than you think girl.' He thought with amusement as their first wave of enemies came into view.
There were about twenty of them. Most of them looked to be skeleton knights with their rusted armor and weapons, there were also skeleton archers. But the most eye-catching foe there was an armored being riding on a skeleton horse that seemed to be held together by blue flames. And uniquely, this being had no head as there was nothing but blue flames where the head was meant to be. Instead, its head was tucked securely under its left armpit, and in its right hand was a greatsword.
"A Dulahan huh? That's at the beginner Blue rank at least." Christopher muttered and looked forward, interested in how his subordinates would handle it.
Then he blinked.
And when he reopened his eyes, it was just darkness.
'Oh?' Christopher raised a brow as the darkness seemed to stretch out in all directions with seemingly no end. He turned his gaze to Umbra who was the source of this. And coincidentally, the dragon turned his was at the same time and their gazes met.
"Don't worry Master. In my Darkness realm, we don't have to worry about damaging the outside world, so we can let loose." He assured.
"I don't doubt that. Well done." Christopher said and patted the dragon's head.
The darkness spells he knew had something similar to this, it was basically using darkness to create a small pocket space that could be used for various things. And was absolutely devastating in a fight since the user of the space had pretty much absolute control.
'Moreover, Umbra isn't a Darkness Dragon. He's a Tenebris Dragon which is a more advanced version. So this realm of his should be much more effective.' Christopher thought and looked forward.
As he thought, chains of pitch black darkness emerged from all directions and fully bound all the skeleton soldiers, completely immobilizing them.
The only creature there that could move a bit was the Dulahan, and by moving, it was just struggling against the chains and not actually getting anywhere.
Off to the side, Kim and Chiara saw Christopher patting Umbra who was clearly enjoying himself.
"Hmph." They both snorted at the same time.
Kim looked at the skeletons in front of her and took a breath. Due to the effect of time Dilation, she'd learned quite a bit about magic from the dragons who were very good at it (wow shocking).
So when she stared at the skeletons, she crouched down slightly and her tail moved from side to side.
She willed her Mana to move and in a moment, time seemed to slow down. The struggling skeletons became so slow that they looked like snails in her eyes.
And at the same time, her sensed also reached an incredibly heightened state as electricity started to flicker around her form.
To an outsider, she merely pushed off the ground, and then she vanished. And barely a millisecond passed before the skulls of three skeletons were turned into powder.
"Oooh." Christopher clapped lightly. He was naturally able to keep up with her speed, but that didn't mean it wasn't impressive.
And not a moment later, there was a flash before several skeletons Were engulfed in bright light that disintegrated them in an instant.
Christopher's gaze turned to Chiara who was the source of the light attacks and nodded in approval. They were all meeting his expectations.
"... Don't you want to participate?" Christopher turned to silver who was watching on with a faint smile and asked.
"They have it covered. Moreover, there will be bigger fish to harvest. Won't there, Master?" Silver replied with a smile and Christopher chuckled.
"I forget that you've had your fair share of battles with your appearance." He said.
Silver was once the leader of a whole pack that had dominated their region for years. His battle IQ was nothing to scoff at, and he had great situational awareness.
Very quickly, the skeletons were taken out and the only enemy that remained was the Dullahan that was struggling with even more vigor seeing all its forces get destroyed, but it couldn't move even an inch.
"You guys killed the other ones. Let me have this guy." Umbra said as Kim and Chiara killed the last skeleton.
"Sure sure~" Chiara said in her sonorous voice and Chiara just nodded.
Umbra grinned and dark energy immediately surged around him like a raging whirlpool. Then with a flick of his claws, the whirlpool shot forward with an unstoppable force and the Dullahan Could only watch as the darkness engulfed it completely. And a few seconds later, all that remained of it and the horse was bone dust.
"Master! Did we do good!?" Chiara and Umbra immediately went over to him with shining eyes and Christopher smiled and rubbed their scaly heads.
"You guys did great." He wasn't stingy with his compliments.
"Hehe." The twins enjoyed the praise.
Christopher then noticed that Kim was staring silently but her eyes also seemed to be asking for praise.
"You did good too." Christopher said and patted her head as well.
She blushed faintly and her tail swayed from side to side.
"Thank you, Master." She said meekly.
"Okay. Now that that's Done. Let's go a bit further Shall we?" Christopher said and Umbra removed all of them from the Darkness realm.
'Master…' Christopher tilted his head as he felt Scarlet speak, his voice clearly filled with desire.
'Just wait a bit longer.' He replied and he felt the will of the weapon get pacified at the moment.