Pestilence: Rise Of The Pure Undead

Chapter 257 The Beginning : Lonely Peak

Loimos flapped his rotten wings, searing through the air far above the first line of clouds, ever since King Nitok had awoken, he had had a lot on his plate, the king had great expectations for him, thus making up the role of royal courier for him to fit in, having Loimos go from place to place, overlook the badlands, prepare the lands ahead of time for the miasma and serve as the leader of the vanguard.

Loimos handled pretty much everything in the badlands, which were territories that were conquered, but not quite yet claimed as the dark miasma had yet to reach fully, the miasma generators that Loimos could create had impressed the king very much, allowing for the creation of powerful death fog much quicker.

King Nitok could easily control Loimos's rot constructs, and taking advantage of the rapidity the skeleton brought to the table, the undead king was expanding his dominion upward and downward, bringing the speed at which everything spread close above ground to about the same one as it used to during the first war.

This was meant as a trick to fool the heroes that he suspected to still be around, all the while allowing for greater control of the skies and underground, at any time however, the miasma could be made to spread around at a quicker pace.

That was only one thing however, King Nitok had charged Loimos with diplomacy as well, an odd choice considering that he was who he was, but it was not like anyone else could represent the undead more accurately that Loimos, also, he had a few ties with some of the powerhouses of the living.

Having brushed up with both Rosemary and Syklon, and also had a good relationship with Maliah, whomst he was going to meet with today.

The Death Dealer was the first living he had ever handed a dark crystal to, he had also given one to Elenantiel, Rummy and to the three living members of Alizée as well, as with everything he did, it had a clear point to it.

It meant something, although, none of the people he had made this suspicious gift to actually knew what the meaning of it truly was, he had not elaborated on the purpose of his present.

Breaking his momentum, Loimos fell head first toward the ground, waiting until the very last moment, the flap his wings and prevent himself from turning into a stain, softly landing, discarding his wings and calling his war scythe forth, he had arrived at the top of an average sized mountain, and thus, it meant that it was above the first line of clouds.

Viridis did have some rather extraordinary landscapes, except that to most people, these were regular sights.

In any case, this particular mountain was one that sat in the middle of a large grassland, one could see the ocean from here, this place was all the way own to the south of the continent, a land mostly claimed by beastfolks tribes and populated with small settlements, all with their own particular populations and cultures, many of them had evacuated to Tamaris a while back, few still remained.

The plains were mostly empty of people, and here, at the top of this lonely peak, this solitude was even stronger, Loimos had landed near an old temple exposed to the element, a flat ground engraved with weathered symbols and a few eroded pillars, not quite a ruin as it had still been in use until recently, but today, whatever worship typically occurred would not be in session.

"Then, here it is, a creation of King Nitok himself, put that inside of your quarters, and nothing will be able of bothering you, activating it is as simple as willing for it to be" Loimos handed over the artefact.

He then brought a few necklaces as well.

"These allow for the wearer to traverse the miasma without hindrance, King Nitok might want to have you intervene if necessary, wear them then, communications will be done with this item" like clowns coming out a carriage, Loimos's pockets seemed bottomless.

He then ended it all by handing out four dark crystals, one shaped differently from the ones he had given before, the other two the same as usual.

The last was small, like a needle.

"Is this...? Oh, would you like to hold her?" Odicious tried to have Loimos hold his invisible daughter, and for some reason he did, grabbing something that was clearly not there.

"You don't have to pretend-"

"Hold on, there is actually a baby there? He isn't completely insane?"

"The stealth is great, but the life is not quite concealed" Loimos quickly gave the baby back, the inside of his helm illuminating with deep purple glow. Find your next read on empire

Expanding his wings again, he suddenly flew off again.

"Is he scared of babies or...?" Arleqkin wondered aloud, his mask forming a questioning furrow ten seconds after his initial words.

"No matter, all that I heard is that I won't be killing anything for a while"