Skeleton

In the darkness two eyes glow. A cold blue flame that seems to suck the light and hope from the very air. I look upon the latest skeleton i have summoned. It is made of blue crystal and covered in a layer of ice. It radiates a aura of cold. It took me almost a day to summon this skeleton up. In fact it is stronger and tougher than I am.

From what i can tell this is what is known as a tank. It will move forward and adsorb damage. It has a amazing defense power. It also has the several nasty skills. Most of its skills are defensive in nature. The plan is to tunnel into the prison. As the prison is just deep cave where they throw criminals it will be easy to tunnel in. I have had a second tunnel built to launch a assault on the castle as a distraction. We grab Laura and then the massive and sturdy skeleton in front of me blocks the escape tunnel just in case the enemy try to stop us leave. There might even be a bit of looting. I have been told the city treasury is near the prison. I might be able to loot it if the guards panic

I look at the skeleton Titan in front of me

Skeleton ice titanHPmanaStamina30000infiniteResistant  This skeleton bones are stronger than steel. Most standard attacks will bounce off.Dark creation this skeleton has no mana but has high level immunity to holy and magical attacksPower Attacks this skeleton will use power attacks as its standard attacks.

I starred at the ice titan skeleton And nodded to Lion. “Sure boss but why are we wrapping that in rags? I mean it looks like it could kill everyone in the castle with one hand tied behind its back. What are the rags going to do make it look like a giant beggar skeleton?” I Leaned down to pick up a rag

holy water that might have a better effect. Hurry up we have a giant skeleton to wrap and oil>. Lion reached over and grunted as he tried to one of the two maces the skeleton would be using. Almost two hours later it was ready.

Skeleton ice titanHPmanaStamina30250infiniteResistant  This skeleton bones are stronger than steel. Most standard attacks will bounce off.Dark creation this skeleton has no mana but has high level immunity to holy and magical attacksPower Attacks this skeleton will use power attacks as its standard attacks.due to the massive weapons it is armed with it will kill even the most highly armoured knights in a single blowRags   water and oil proof.  Water and oil will tend to run of this skeleton.Spikes someone has put rags all over this skeleton at various places its feet in particular spikes have been frozen onto the skeletons body. This will give the skeleton a good grip on ice. Also anyone hit by the skeleton will suffer damage from the spikes.Scrolls this skeleton has a number of Magic scrolls crammed into its skull. While it can not cast normal magic. It can cast the spells on the scrolls.Cape hood A cape with a minor darkness spell has been put on this skeletons head. Its glowing eyes can no longer be seen in the darkness.

Lion looked at the ice titan. “That looks like it could simply rip the walls of the castle down stroll in and kill everyone inside and stroll out” I nodded

If Laura had been put in standard dungeon this would have been much tougher. Still once we grabbed Laura the ice titan would stop all attacks allowing us to get out. I watched it put on its massive leg weights. With spikes frozen to its feet the weights would help keep the skeleton in place when it lashed out with the massive maces it was armed with.

Lion yawned “Right i will call the rest we are hiring and time to get this done” I nodded

Lion left and whistled three ropes were thrown from the toilets above our heads. Thirty two thieves assassins and cutthroats climbed down the ropes. Lion pointed to sacks “Clothes you follow this tunnel get out the other end and find somewhere to get changed. Do what you were paid to do and get out whoever you can. Any questions?” a women raised her hands “Why not put the clothes on now?” Lion grinned “Because i said so and you have been paid already so get moving. And take the gloves and nose plugs with you.” the woman cursed “We are exiting in a sewer aren't we. Poxy son of a donkey.”

Once the mercenaries had left i began to summon up skeletons. A couple of mages and a shaman to go with the ice titan. They could hide and cast spells of hast and greater speed on him. Next the skeletons gather up the fire wood and oil i had ready. They also gathered up the cages with the rats and tar rats. Time to give the castle inhabitants a little gift.

I got up and followed Lion and the skeletons up the tunnel. We came to a fork in the tunnel and followed the tunnel towards the cave that had been turned to a prison. Overhead i felt the assassins thieves and general distractions leaving there tunnel which lead to the hole that the guards used as a outhouse. My skeletons opened the cages with the rats and I enchanted them to follow the tunnel until they came to the grates that the thieves could not squeeze threw. Lion took his torch and set the timbers on that tunnel  the assassins and been sent threw on fire. If the guards noticed a bunch of murderous assassins emerging from there toilet. They would kill them all and then possible investigate where they came from. The fire would seal that tunnel it was also hopefully under a side wall which it might collapse when the tunnel did. Of course the mercenaries were not told they were being sent to most likely there doom

We headed off to where the worm was making whimpering noises. Lion took a look “The worms is threw to the cave. It looks like it does not want to go out further into what little light the prisoners are allowed. I have got this time for a little encouragement” Lion pulled out a small flask of tar and poured in onto the worm. Then he set it on fire.

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With its what i assumed was its arse end on fire the worm shot threw the opening and we were in the prison. I looked around at the surprised prisoners and lion ran for the grate the guards used to lower prisoners into the cave. It was twenty feet up the guards simply lowered the criminals down a rope. Food was lowered in a bucket and so was the little ration of water the prisoners were allowed. Lion threw down some specialty prepared wood and set it on fire with a scroll.

The wood flared and a cloud of black smoke began pour upwards. I reached out and my skeletons began to pour forward. They threw there bundles of wood onto the pile. I heard the guards cursing as they were driven back from the grating by clouds of black smoke.

Laura ran over and hugged me “They spanked me lets kill them all and grind there bones to make our bread. Or my bread you do not eat.” I nodded

Lion organized the prisoners and got them moving they would be released into the city as a distraction. I walked towards the fire lion had left in under the grate the guards used to lower down prisoners. I cast a freeze spell at the fire it went out. Then i walked over and tossed up a grappling hook.

If the guards had not locked the door behind them trying to escape the smoke I was told there was a treasury around here. I pulled myself up and noticed that the grate was not even locked. Why should you locked it when it was twenty feet feet above the prisoners heads. Time to get going it looks like i am going to be richer.

I looked over and found a dead guard. It looked like he had been trampled to death by the other guards. There are two doors between me and my target a large wall behind which the treasure of Ironheights is stored. The two gates between me and the wall are crafted with bands of magic ore and will stop any spell I have. That is of course as long as they are locked.

As the first was not locked I guess it is time to try my luck at the second. I instructed my other skeletons to follow and moved off. It is kind of fun running threw a deserted old corridor. I took a corner at speed and ran threw the second door that i needed to be open.

I ran right into the milling guards and castle servants. A lot of them they were dazed looking and yelling at each other. I pulled out my war hammers and got to work. Three guards died with my left hand blow and two with my right. There heads exploding as my hammer hit there head and kept going. It is good to have a giant strength multiplier. It is even better to have a magic hammer and a giant strength multiplier.

By the time the first guard drew his sword it was almost over. I moved forward killing everything in the corridor. The guards furthest from me managed to pull my sword as i moved forward mowing down there fellow guards and servants.

Three guards and five servants made a run for it. I left them run. They would hopefully lock the next door and bar it. I moved forward and came to the next door it was wide open. I swore and cast a disperse spell on the local mage lights. Then i summoned two skeletons and ordered them threw the door.  Then i shut the door and ordered one to seal the door and hammer in a few nails. The other one had a torch and orders to set fire to as much as possible. I nailed the door shut from this side.

I silently cursed if i had summoned a ice mage i could have had it put Ice all over the other side of the door. I moved back down the corridor to watch my skeletons climb up the rope. I had a idea and ordered one to move forward and keep banging in nails into the wooden door. There was a magic resistant magic rune on the door so i could not freeze the door over. But the skeleton i had sent would bang in those nails. Hopefully the humans would not work out what I was up to until it was to late.

I moved to the wall Ronan had said was connected to the treasury and a skeleton moved forward with a sledge hammer and magic spikes. The magic spikes were just giant nails with a minor enchantment on them. I placed the spike on the mortar in the places between the bricks and smashed the nails in. Twenty nails later and i stood well back and cast the spell.

The wall blew in and I rushed forward. There was a stunned looking knight on the other side of the wall. I reached out ripped his head off and threw it at what looked like a cleric of good. The cleric smashed into the a servant and both hit the wall with a bang. I pulled out my war hammer and blocked a sword attack from a small mouse of a man. He moved fast his rapier a blur hitting my hand leg and head. His rapier moved so fast it seemed like a shadow was his weapon.

  He was faster than me and far more skilled. However i was a skeleton and almost immune to his attacks. I was also strong.My hammer moved at speed towards the rapiers holders chest. His rapier struck out hitting my war hammer and then and went into my eye socket. The rapier did me no damage but my war hammer hit the mouse of a man so hard it lifted him off his feet. The hammer got stuck and went flying with the rapier wielding man. I jumped back and pulled out my spare war hammer. Then I got smart and ordered my skeletons forward.  

My skeletons tore the guards in the treasury apart then i entered and took a look around. One of my skeletons moved forward checked the great vault door that had been the only way into the treasury was locked and poured acid into the keyhole. The lock might have been impossible to pick but the acid simply destroyed the lock. I took a look around and ordered the skeletons to move the gold to the prison. There was a lot i moved forward there was ten times the amount of gold i had expected. There were also a lot of silver it was piled in a massive heap.

I tasked a couple of skeletons with burning the tax records. They will destroy hundreds of years of records in  few moments. Then I headed to the cave prison. Time to tell Ronan the bad news. I created a dungeon heart and reached out for Ronans mind.

Me> we have got a massive problem.

Ronan> What kind of problem

me> a gold and silver problem i have just given a quick check but it looks like a wagon load of gold and silver. Plus there is a lot of of copper coins and what i think are a couple of bags of platinum. I also noticed a diamond the size of my fist.

Ronan> Oh shit they must be planning a crusade. The extra gold is to pay the mercenaries.

me>Well I am taking the less bulky goods and i will see about taking as much as I can.

Ronan>the Oubliette the prison cave should not have a sewer right?

Me> If it had it would have been easier tunneling in. It just has a giant hole that they must have used for the past few centuries. Looks disgusting and i would guess it stinks to humans.

Ronan>dump the gold and silver into that try and melt the copper.

Me> Sure thing. I also know this fermenting spell it will turn the hole smelly. or smellier