Sorry for not updating, everyone. I've been working on some other stuff,
and my writing style has changed a bit, so this chapter may seem a bit odd.
Anyway, here is what you've all been waiting patiently through my
introduction for! The next chapter. . .
Maeck said nothing of his newfound wealth to any of his companions. He decided he'd wait till after the skeleton king was defeated. So after he finished cleaning, he hauled Gheed (out of pity) off of the flame. He was still alive, but a substantial amount of his girth had burned off. Still, he didn't wake. . .
The party assembled at the northern gate of the encampment. Karov said, "he dwells where once the Raven of blood did. Now all the graves, above and below ground, have been opened, and he has made use of the bodies. Prepare yourselves for brutal combat." Maeck added, "Armies of the undead cannot be crushed without killing their leader. Go for the King, and slay him quickly." They set off, Yasu, Maeck, Karov, and Sarol. They found the gravesite. The first thing we saw were the gatekeepers. Sarol regognized all but one. They were Kayasha, standing with her arms folded across her chest, Akara, still robed in purple, the rouge mercenary who had been with Karov the first (karov the second got a strange feeling this had been his mother) and, the one no one regognized was Blood Raven. Kayasha spoke first, "Welcom, outlanders, to our glorious graveyard." Apparently, anywhere she was is glorious. Then blood raven spoke. "No, fool! We're gatekeepers, we're supposed to kill them! Not welcome them!" Kayasha "oh. Wait. The King only said we were gatekeepers, nothing about this killing business. I've never tried it before. Is it fun?" Akara said, "Doesn't sound so fun. We might get hurt!" Kayasha said "Yeah! I don't wanna gat hurt!" Blood raven "the King will revive you once again if you fall in combat!" The mercenary "really? I thought he was a skeleton!" Akara and Kayasha both agreed. The party snuck past the guards, seeing an opportunity in the argument. Then they saw the King of Skeletons. He was at least four meters tall. His head let off some kind of . . . Steam? Smoke? One hand had a great sword no man could wield, not even two handed. His other hand was unequipped. He let off a great roar, and suddenly, the party was standing on skeletons. Everywhere, there were skeletons, a few zombies, and a bunch of revived beasts. They all began charging at the King, felling a few undead along the way, which were instantly revived. Sarol reached him first. She swung her maul into his ribcage. A few bones snapped, but that had very little apparent effect. The skeleton king gave her a contempt filled look, and swung his sword. Her armor stopped it from cutting deep, but she went flying, and landed in a patch of mud, unconscious. Maeck, now filled with rage, held himself in the air with magi. He flew to the King, grabbed his skull which burned his hands greatly, and blasted it with pure magi. His head quaked for am moment, then he swung his unarmed hand, knocking Maeck back about twenty meters, and knocking him nearly unconscious. He saw Yasu's attempt at slaying the king; he ran up, and clashed sword on sword once. The king looked at yasu and his blade, awed for a moment. Then, he got two bone fingers under his armor, and swung him around on his hand, until he was flung off, and landed far from Maeck's sight. Maeck heard a great battle horn sound behind him, and suddenly, skeletons were falling left and right. Maeck saw Skye, fighting through the hordes with his gleaming long sword, his arrows spent, his crossbows left behind. Suddenly, he jumped, and landed atop the king's crown. As he landed, he folded himself just so, to get maximum leverage and momentum on his sword, which he imbedded in the back of the king's head. The blade itself entered all the way, and the hilt still had enough force to shatter the weakened skull. Skye fell off, as the King's body, now headless, began to fall. When it landed, a great orange stream began emanating from it. Skye threw his blade into the stream, and the stream stopped. Maeck then fully passed out.
When he awoke, Skye was bent over him. Skye said, "thank you, Akara, for healing them all." Maeck looked over to see akara, now not undead, siting on a stump of a tree. All of Maeck's companions and Kayasha, were there. Karov's mother and Bloodraven, however, had not been killed by the king, so they remained dead. Akara spoke, "Thank you for saving me, all of you. Now. . . I must die. . . in peace. . ." And she died, straight away. Kayasha said, "yes, it is not our time to be living anymore. I however, am not going to give up the last of my days alive, especially after spending so long dead. . ." Skye then began explaining what happened. "the orange stream was their life force. I pulled it back to earth, at least long enough to keep them alive a few months. The graveyard is now completely destroyed. It is a cursed place, and will never be returned to. As for the army that saved you all, long ago, the Encampment set out an expedition to go to our dwelling place of old; where Andariel had taken residence. We thought they hadn't made it, They were just unable to make contact again. I found, as I traveled here, an expedition of theirs, and brought them here. We must now go to where they have lived, and get you to set up a magical portal between the locations." Maeck nodded, and followed them.
That's the end of this chapter, folks! Stay tuned for another one. Plz R+R. Thx. Bai bai!
Maeck said nothing of his newfound wealth to any of his companions. He decided he'd wait till after the skeleton king was defeated. So after he finished cleaning, he hauled Gheed (out of pity) off of the flame. He was still alive, but a substantial amount of his girth had burned off. Still, he didn't wake. . .
The party assembled at the northern gate of the encampment. Karov said, "he dwells where once the Raven of blood did. Now all the graves, above and below ground, have been opened, and he has made use of the bodies. Prepare yourselves for brutal combat." Maeck added, "Armies of the undead cannot be crushed without killing their leader. Go for the King, and slay him quickly." They set off, Yasu, Maeck, Karov, and Sarol. They found the gravesite. The first thing we saw were the gatekeepers. Sarol regognized all but one. They were Kayasha, standing with her arms folded across her chest, Akara, still robed in purple, the rouge mercenary who had been with Karov the first (karov the second got a strange feeling this had been his mother) and, the one no one regognized was Blood Raven. Kayasha spoke first, "Welcom, outlanders, to our glorious graveyard." Apparently, anywhere she was is glorious. Then blood raven spoke. "No, fool! We're gatekeepers, we're supposed to kill them! Not welcome them!" Kayasha "oh. Wait. The King only said we were gatekeepers, nothing about this killing business. I've never tried it before. Is it fun?" Akara said, "Doesn't sound so fun. We might get hurt!" Kayasha said "Yeah! I don't wanna gat hurt!" Blood raven "the King will revive you once again if you fall in combat!" The mercenary "really? I thought he was a skeleton!" Akara and Kayasha both agreed. The party snuck past the guards, seeing an opportunity in the argument. Then they saw the King of Skeletons. He was at least four meters tall. His head let off some kind of . . . Steam? Smoke? One hand had a great sword no man could wield, not even two handed. His other hand was unequipped. He let off a great roar, and suddenly, the party was standing on skeletons. Everywhere, there were skeletons, a few zombies, and a bunch of revived beasts. They all began charging at the King, felling a few undead along the way, which were instantly revived. Sarol reached him first. She swung her maul into his ribcage. A few bones snapped, but that had very little apparent effect. The skeleton king gave her a contempt filled look, and swung his sword. Her armor stopped it from cutting deep, but she went flying, and landed in a patch of mud, unconscious. Maeck, now filled with rage, held himself in the air with magi. He flew to the King, grabbed his skull which burned his hands greatly, and blasted it with pure magi. His head quaked for am moment, then he swung his unarmed hand, knocking Maeck back about twenty meters, and knocking him nearly unconscious. He saw Yasu's attempt at slaying the king; he ran up, and clashed sword on sword once. The king looked at yasu and his blade, awed for a moment. Then, he got two bone fingers under his armor, and swung him around on his hand, until he was flung off, and landed far from Maeck's sight. Maeck heard a great battle horn sound behind him, and suddenly, skeletons were falling left and right. Maeck saw Skye, fighting through the hordes with his gleaming long sword, his arrows spent, his crossbows left behind. Suddenly, he jumped, and landed atop the king's crown. As he landed, he folded himself just so, to get maximum leverage and momentum on his sword, which he imbedded in the back of the king's head. The blade itself entered all the way, and the hilt still had enough force to shatter the weakened skull. Skye fell off, as the King's body, now headless, began to fall. When it landed, a great orange stream began emanating from it. Skye threw his blade into the stream, and the stream stopped. Maeck then fully passed out.
When he awoke, Skye was bent over him. Skye said, "thank you, Akara, for healing them all." Maeck looked over to see akara, now not undead, siting on a stump of a tree. All of Maeck's companions and Kayasha, were there. Karov's mother and Bloodraven, however, had not been killed by the king, so they remained dead. Akara spoke, "Thank you for saving me, all of you. Now. . . I must die. . . in peace. . ." And she died, straight away. Kayasha said, "yes, it is not our time to be living anymore. I however, am not going to give up the last of my days alive, especially after spending so long dead. . ." Skye then began explaining what happened. "the orange stream was their life force. I pulled it back to earth, at least long enough to keep them alive a few months. The graveyard is now completely destroyed. It is a cursed place, and will never be returned to. As for the army that saved you all, long ago, the Encampment set out an expedition to go to our dwelling place of old; where Andariel had taken residence. We thought they hadn't made it, They were just unable to make contact again. I found, as I traveled here, an expedition of theirs, and brought them here. We must now go to where they have lived, and get you to set up a magical portal between the locations." Maeck nodded, and followed them.
That's the end of this chapter, folks! Stay tuned for another one. Plz R+R. Thx. Bai bai!