Several days later, at night, Nick slowly wandered around the streets of Caldeum, doubting his purpose. He had a deep thought while walking slowly.
"I do not deserve this life. I killed the townsfolk. I slew their allies. I serve my master, who is in fact a killer, a deceiver, or a tyrant. Satan... he is the one who bestowed me with dark magic, and he wanted me to use it for his own desire. For evil, yes. I knew what Draven said to me."
"Nick, we all apologize. Forgive us, for all thou sayest are true. But it is not always like this to us. Thou art a human being, art thou not?"
"How canst thou?"
"We human beings, like both of us, have freedom of choice. We all can do what we want to do. We also made mistakes, but not all mistakes are sins. All of us have the same purpose, and Nick, I am telling thee, such purpose we all have is not about what thou sayest right now."
"I have learned from him... that all of us have the same purpose in this world. Now, I must teach the Devil a new lesson. I want him to know my true purpose!"
As he strolled without a weapon, wearing a black cape, a maroon brigandine, black trousers, and a pair of brown boots, he met a bald priest wearing a white robe.
"Greetings!" said the priest.
"Who art thou?" asked Nick in serious tone.
"I am here to enlighten thy heart and mind, my friend."
"What dost thou want from me?"
"Simple. I will teach thee how to be a better person."
"Shall I confess to thee one thing?"
"Of course, my friend. But first, thou shalt know anything about God, our Creator. Thou shalt also know more about the angels and demons. Before anything else, may I know thy name?"
"Nick."
"All right, thy name is Nick. Thou canst call me Leo, an Augustinian friar. By the way, I have rules for thee."
"Rule number one: Follow the Ten Commandments. These are the rules of our Creator that all of us should follow."
"Rule number two: Be cooperate. Help those who are in need, but not those who are evil."
"And rule number three: Read the basic instructions before leaving Earth."
"And what are the basic instructions before leaving Earth, Leo?"
"Thou canst find them in this sacred book I held, Nick."
"I am sorry, but I am not into books."
"This sacred book is not just a book. This is a powerful weapon that containeth inspiring stories that reveal, expose, and transform thee. This book hath a life-changing power. And hold on, we will first discuss thee about thyself. Say something, Nick, and I am open to anything thou sayest."
The dead emperor, now in his grave, was visited by a black hooded figure wielding a staff with a skull on top.
The hooded figure was followed by twelve other hooded figures that clasped their hands and formed a circle around the grave.
As they left the grave, they went to the same chaparral that Nick wandered and haunted the devotees. They drew a summoning pentagram and illuminated the candles on the ground.
Each of them chanted,
"I call to the spirits, I call to the dead, let me see our dear emperor once again. I call to thee, come back to me to reunite once more. I wish to see whom I seek, whom I miss so mote it be."
Moments later, the restless souls screamed as they wandered around the circle of hooded figures and even inside the graveyard.
Nick, wandering the chaparral, witnessed the whirl of souls.
"It is now inevitable."
In the graveyard, the ground began to tremble as the hands, heads, and trunks of the now living corpses began to rise. Some of the graves contain Crawlers, Shades, and living skeletons.
"The necromancers have done this!" said Nick, as he somehow heard the sinister laughter of the hooded figures, whom he thought are the necromancers.
Preparing with him five candles, a small basin of water, lavender, sage leaves, and even his own blood, he performed a ritual to summon the Inferi using a flaming pentagram.
"Spiritu transita Sinite, videamus ea virtutis Princeps nexu Sciatis nos tanta communicare." chanted Nick.
A dark aura around the pentagram created another tremor and from below, the Inferi once again appeared through columns of flame.
Nick hastily walked to the chaparral with the burning horned skeletons and underwent a confrontation with the Crawlers, Shades, zombies, and living skeletons.
"So thou art the Prince of Darkness, Nick. Are we right?" the hooded necromancer with a staff asked.
"Aye, and I want thee to unveil thy cloaks and face me without fear." answered Nick.
"Before we will unveil our cloaks, Nick, let me remind thee that the summoning of the undead has begun. We are tasked by the Devil to bring plague and death to this town, and thou, who art interfering our ritual, wilt be the first to suffer this grim manipulation."
"And let me remind thee, hooded creature, that I am also serving the Devil thou art tasked to."
"Scum! Begone thou foul falsifier. Unveil thy cloaks in his gaze, flay, and seize his own twisted soul!"
"Yes, master!" the twelve dark acolytes initiated a battle against Nick and the Inferi skeletons.
The Hell Spawns suddenly appeared at the back of the acolytes and threw blood darts at them, but missed.
"I call upon thee, my trusted undead minions. Now, be summoned!" the necromancer chanted and the Crawlers and Zombies immediately charged at the Inferi and the Hell Spawns.
"I have a mysterious offering especially crafted for thee, necromancer. Come to thee and accept it." taunted Nick as he went closer to the necromancer.
"Make sure that I will be impressed by thy offering, Prince of Darkness."
"So be it."
Nick launched his sword Gehenna and immediately made the first strike against the necromancer.
"What was that offering of thine? It just slit my arm!" exclaimed the necromancer.
"Forgive me, dark caster. I just force thee to unveil thy cloak, face me, and fight me. Thou art looking like a coward in that cloak."
"Leasing-monger!"
With the cloak unveiled, the necromancer was actually a spirit of an evil queen named Riel. Riel was now a phantom wielding two large blades in both hands. The dark acolytes were phantoms, too.
"An honor to fight me, evil spirits." taunted Nick.
"Call me Riel. I am a phantom tasked by the Devil to haunt thee."
"Haunt me? Methinks that it is interesting."
"Interesting? Now thy death will be more interesting."
"Call it a challenge, Riel."
Nick and Riel both clashed, as the Hell Spawns and the Inferi were in a bloody battle against the Crawlers, Zombies, Skeletons, Shades, and Riel's Phantoms.
Meanwhile, the dead body of the tyrant emperor Sol had slain came back to life.
"Oh... my... goodness..." exclaimed Nick.
In the palace where Sol stayed, they heard the shaking of the ground and the screams of the dead.
"Nick... He hath returned..." assumed Draven.
"We better get ready. The living corpses will invade Caldeum tonight." warned Sol.
"I will go with thee, His Majesty."
"Not now."
Led by Sol, the knights marched out of the palace, and proceeded to the chaparral. As they paraded in, they were ambushed by the living corpses that also roamed out there.
"Everyone! NOW!" exclaimed Sol, beginning their clash against the living corpses.
Meanwhile, the battle between Nick and Riel continued as the Prince of Darkness cast a black fireball against the phantoms. Sadly, Riel and her phantoms were immune to his black magic.
"What? How is this possible?" exclaimed the shocked Nick, followed by Riel's sinister laughter.
"Not obvious, Nick? We were bestowed by the Devil immunity to dark spells of those who betrayed his command. And thou art one of them."
"How canst thou be sure that I betrayed him? Any burdens of proof?"
"TAKE THIS!" interrupted a screaming male voice.
A lightning spear flashed and exploded on contact with the phantoms, and they vanished at an instant, leaving Riel alone to fight with Nick.
"Draven..."
"Nick! I see thee! I want thee to change to a better man who can help the residents of Caldeum! I want thee to know thy purpose!" screamed the male voice, which was from Draven himself.
"Draven! I want thee and thy knights to attack the corpses wandering in the woods! I will attack that haunting lady that summoned them. I am warning thee. One of the living corpses hath a crown!" replied Nick.
"A living corpse having a crown? I knew him!" responded Sol. "I need to find him, Nick! Right now!"
"His Majesty, we still shall be careful of Nick. We may know not, for what I saw him is of a demonic visage." warned Draven.
"Exorcise Nick first, and we'll proceed to finding the crowned corpse."
"I will do it, Master."
Draven charged to Nick, who was still in a grim duel with Riel.
"A human interrupted us?" asked Riel upon seeing the squire.
"Draven!" charged Nick.
The lightning spear and the Gehenna sword came into contact once again.
"Who is that haunting lady thou art speaking of?" asked Draven in rage.
"My enemy right now." spoke Nick.
Both released their weapons, but Riel easily disappeared with a sinister laughter.
"No way! Thou shalt not intervene me, Draven!" angered Nick, who also faded in the dark.
Draven, who was speechless afterwards, decided to walk back to Sol's army. Unknowingly, the Inferi stalked him with ease.