Ergoth cackled. The events that have happened for the past 10 years had built up to this point. The destruction of Orbis Tower, the corruption of the Cloud Parks and even the collapse of Orbis itself had paved the path to victory. The humans only had one line of defense left and even that was about to fall. Even the elite Dragon Knights could not win when they were outnumbered twenty to one on the battlefield. And even if they did, Ergoth still had a few tricks up his sleeve. He toyed with the crimson red orb in his hand that would be his trump card if his horde of undead minions did get destroyed by the Knights of El Nath.
Blasting a hole through a wall in the mine that had been long deserted after a plague that had ravished the population and turned them into mindless poison breathing zombies, Ergoth gazed onto the long fabled Lava Caves. He wondered when the last time anyone had laid eyes upon this wonder was. He floated along the lakes of lava, letting his eye absorb the creatures that thrived on this unbearable heat. Huge red hounds that looked like they had been spit out from the depths of hell growling at his intrusion into their territories, huge fireballs that looked like they were heads set on fire. Fascination ceased and turned into annoyance when one of the hounds spit out a huge fireball at Ergoth. The smile he had on his face turned into a grimace as he waved his hand and the fireball stopped in mid-air and turned around, flying with amazing speed straight back into the hound's gaping mouth making it swallow down his own fireball. It let out a huge yelp of agony as the fireball seemed to expand inside itself, finally causing it to explode, its remains falling into the lava around the molten rock.
Ergoth grinned as he finally arrived at a huge door completely carved out of the volcanic rock, ornate in design. Various pictograms of fire and destruction had been carved onto it, making it seem like some kind of warning to what laid ahead. Ergoth raised his skeletal hand and chanted out ancient words that have been lost to mankind centuries ago. The door gave a huge groan as if it had not been open for ages and slid open slowly. Ergoth cackled as he went into the door, one hand still holding the crimson orb. The conquering of Ossyria was inevitable now and the only question was how long the humans would be able to hold back before they eventually got overwhelmed.
