"Let's see what kind of surprises they had for us…"
Lucius gave his command to his troops—the ones at the foot of the hill to be specific. They were instructed to climb using the trap-laden path, to advance without stopping.
As expected, they obeyed.
The hundreds of them began their march up the slopey road, their hollow gazes and the bright purple spark within their sockets locked onto the massive structure at the top of the hill—their end goal.
As they took the first step forward—
~BOOM!~
—A considerably large blast erupted from the ground, enough to kill the one who triggered it and the few people unfortunate to be around them. However, when confronted with an entity of Lucius' creation… the outcome was completely different.
For one, the damage caused from the blast wasn't fatal to the Undead who triggered it.