I slowly open my eyes, even though I still don't know how exactly this whole 'opening your eyes' thing works since I have neither eyes nor eyelids. Alright, let's do a little damage report. What's broken?
Pretty much everything.
I don't think I have one bone left in my body that wasn't at least cracked. Man, how deep did I fall this time? I wonder on which floor I am now…
Anyway, I need to heal. Good thing I took some of those bones with me! I start munching on some bones and three hours later, I'm finally back up again. I get off the ground and take a look at my surroundings. It seems like I'm in a really small space, probably something like a hidden room inside the dungeons.
I inspect the wall and sure enough, I find a little button. I press said button and one of the walls explode in flash of light, revealing a long corridor on the side. Stepping out of the room, I'm relieved to find myself back in the dungeon.
“Good, Now it's time to look for the stairs.”
...
Right, I can talk now.
I almost forgot that.
I'm happy about that, but at the same time I'm very concerned. You may be asking yourself, why? Well, my voice sounds really creepy.
Seriously, it sounds like the voice of some Demon-Lord! I don't think I can strike up a friendly conversion with such a voice. Well, it's better than nothing I guess. Which way should I go now? I'm thinking about that for a while, but then I hear a painful cry coming from the distance.
Seems like someone else's in here. I'm thinking about if I should or should not walk towards the crying voice. Whoever made it down here should be pretty strong, but it sounds like she's pretty hurt. Maybe I can finish her off? Let's take a look.
* Yunas POV *
Did I just hear a voice? I’m pretty sure I did, but who else would be down here?
“Maybe I should start thinking about what to do after I get out of here.” (Cold voice)
Alright I'm definitely hearing a voice and I'm not happy about it. Usually I would be overjoyed, but this voice does not belong to someone who’s going to help me. This voice is way too cold and heartless for anybody that even has one good thought inside their head.
“I mean, no matter what I find here I’ll still have nowhere to go. To be honest I'm starting to feel really helpless. I could stay here of course and jut eat the souls of the adventurers that die in this dungeon, but that would be pretty lonely.” (Cold voice)
Eat souls? I knew it, something really bad is coming.
“But wait, do I even want any companions? Not really... why do I feel lonely then? Maybe I should get some slaves. No, let's not do that. Slavery is bad thing and a big no-go. It’s also way too cruel! Well, I guess eating the souls of other people could be considered cruel as well. Anyway, no slaves. How about followers that pray to me? Maybe I should start a 'Council of the Dead' or something like that? Cults are weird though.” (Cold voice)
I'm pretty sure the person this voice belongs to knows I'm here. He is probably hiding in the shadows. Why does he keep talking about random stuff then? Is he trying to frighten me?
“But where the hell would I even get any members from? I mean I never heard about a skelet-” (Cold voice)
Not able to control myself any longer I call out to him.
“Who are you! Show yourself!” (Yuna)
“Great, of course she had to interrupt my inner monologue! Are we really going to continue this running gag?” (Cold Voice)
“It’s not an inner monologue if you speak your thoughts out loud!” (Yuna)
…
“So, I was talking this whole time? Fuck I didn't even notice. Well thanks for telling me, I'm going to be more careful in the future.” (Cold Voice)
“N- No problem!”
Huh? This guy is a lot friendlier than I thought. Maybe he will help me!
“C- Could you get me out of this floor? So, I can heal back up?” (Yuna)
“Hm? Why don't you just heal here?” (Cold voice)
“Because this floor is obviously cursed? No one can heal here!” (Yuna)
“Oh! Well, I guess this curse doesn't include eating bones, haha!” (Cold voice)
…
What did he say? Did he just say he eats bones?
“Hey! If this floor is cursed, then it means we are on the last one, right?” (Cold voice)
“Yes?” (Yuna)
“Nice! All this falling helped me to skip 30 floors ahead! I'm pretty lucky for an Undead abomination.” (Cold voice)
…
I wished he would stop saying stuff like that, let's hope he is still just trying to frighten me or playing some strange, twisted prank on me.
“W- Well? Are y- you going to help me or not?” (Yuna)
“Nah, sorry I'm going to eat your bones and soul” (Cold voice)
“Wh- What?! You must be joking?! Right?!” (Yuna)
“It's nothing personal, really. I just can't let such a perfect opportunity go. You just quite unlucky to end up in this situation. Well, some may call it foolish instead though.” (Cold voice)
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“Wait! Let's talk about this! One of my husbands is the leader of the Church of light! I'm sure we can get your something good!” (Yuna)
“Wow really?! That's awesome!” (Cold voice)
* sigh * Looks like I changed his mind. That was clo-
“I'm going to get SO much EXP from your bones! Your probably even have some divine protection, right? This will be great!” (Cold voice)
…
Shit.
“Hate shall be your sin and Ice your cage: Frost Cage!” (Cold voice)
You took 0.9 Damage!
Long Spears of Ice grow out of the ground and pierce through my body. God, damn it, if I had any strength left I could have easily broken those Spears! This guy isn't even strong! Though I have to say that he wields interesting magic. I 've never seen magic that controls Ice!
“First Commitment: Cold chains!” (Cold voice)
Chains appear out of nowhere and wrap around my body. I can feel coldness from them. Wait a second, are those chains imbued with Mana-Freeze?! What kind of overpowered ability is that? If I were a mage this would really be dangerous!
“So, now that you are confined, let's take a closer look at you.” (Cold voice)
The owner of the voice finally steps out of the shadows to take a closer look at me. Wait, what the hell is he? He looks like a skeleton, but his bones look more like ice than bones. There also 2 pale blue glowing orbs in his Eye-sockets and a Pale blue crystal on his forehead. I have never seen, or even heard of an undead like that.
“Huh? Silver hair, blue eyes and a face tattoo, aren't you the Sword Princess?” (Cold voice)
“Ye- Yes that's right! And if you kill me, my husbands are going to hunt you down! I can still forgive you for what you have done, just help me out of here!” (Yuna)
“I don't think anybody can hear you scream down hear though. So, don't mind me” (Cold voice)
What? Does he have no fear? Or respect? Or ANY emotion? Suddenly, he stretches his hand towards me and begins to chant another strange frost spell.
“Rip the flesh off my enemies’ bones: Ice Shards!” (Cold voice)
You took 2.4 DMG!
Small shards of ice appear in front of him and shoot out in my direction. They stab into my body and I release a pained scream as they shred my skin open and bury into my flesh.
“Wow you really are strong, huh? You probably don't even have 100 Health left and still could take my Ice Shard spell! Well, let’s continue” (Cold voice)
* Protagonist POV *
It nearly took me ten minutes and about 20 casts of 'Ice Shards' to kill the Sword Princess. I probably did less than three Damage per cast. Well, I really made a big mess this time! Her flesh is torn open and pierced everywhere. Bones lie spread all around the room, cracked and broken. Her organs could barely be recognized as such. If there weren't some blue strands of her mixed in this pile of flesh, gore and bones I wouldn't even know that this thing was once Human. I quickly take her soul and absorb it before it passes away.
Level up! (x5)
+5 STR; +5 VIT; +5 END; +5 DEX; + 30 INT
Wow, she was old! And she looked so young! I knew that strong people age slowly, but man she has to at least be two or three centuries old! Well, I guess she HAD to be a few centuries old. Also, look at those stats! My stat gain went up to ten per level! Anyway, let's eat those bones! I have a very good feeling about them!
Level up! (x211)
+211 STR; +211 VIT; +211 END; +211 DEX; + 1266 INT
… Okay? Seriously, how am I supposed to react to this? I mean yeah, she was the Wife of a religious leader and also most likely had a divine protection, but over 200 levels?! That's insane!
The Gods from Deep Below are taking an even closer look at you, since you killed the favorite mortal of Samuel, God of the Blade
I guess that explains it. I'm still wondering who those deep gods are. Maybe I could get a divine protection with a bit of luck from them? Would be pretty great.
Congratulations! You have surpassed your maximum level and skipped one Rank up! Ready for your forth one? Y/N
…
What do you mean ‘skipped one rank up’? So, I can't even decide the third rank up? Well I guess I'll have to live with that. Let's see what I can become, shall we?
Ice Golem Ice Lord Half-Lich (New Species) Your Ice hardens and all your mana will infuse it,
granting you a very hard and sturdy body as well as
great physical power. You will lose the ability to learn
and cast any spells.
You will regain your flesh and once again be seen as one
of the living. Ice Lords have great Magical Power and very
sturdy bodies as well. You will lose the passive trait:
*Undead*. Unlocks the Lord Path.
Liches are a new species that will be known for their
enormous Magical Power. By becoming a Half lich you
will lose all chances of ever regaining your life and
must accept your state of being Undead.
Hm? 'New Species'? What the hell is a Half-Lich?
I kind of like the 'Ice Lord' option. Getting flesh would improve my situation greatly, also I know for a matter of fact, that all lords have great potential. There's no way I'm becoming a Golem, as if I would sacrifice my magic!
So, it's either Ice lord or Half-Lich, huh? Ice Lord seems like the better option, but for some reason I just really like the Idea of being 'the first of my kind'. Also, this whole 'enormous Magical Power' thing sounds pretty cool as well. Yeah let's go with this option! Skeletons for the win!
Congratulations! You have gained new skills!
I feel a strong stinging pain as magic goes through my whole body and infuses every bone of mine.
Oh yeah, seems like I got my bones back. But they don't replace the Ice, instead they grow inside of it which leaves me with bones that are surrounded by a layer of ice. Nice! A natural armor I guess.
I also got new skills again? Man, I haven't even tested all my other skills out yet! Well I'm not going to complain, let's just take a look at those skills later.
I look at Yunas corpse and ransack through the pile of flesh that once was her body. After a while I find her bag of holding.
Yes! Jackpot! Let's see what we got here. A lot of supplies that adventurers need, which are useless to me now... BUT also more than 200 gold! Nice!
Hm? Why am I suddenly having a really bad feeling?
* Third Person POV *
Somewhere else, at a place far away a man is kneeled on the ground, crying while holding a small pendant in his hands. The kneeling man was inside a room, which obviously looked like a Throne-Room.
The crying man wore luxuries clothing and had long, dark blonde hair. His now watery eyes would usually dimly glow in a bright golden color.
Three other man opened the heavy door leading inside the room and entered it.
One of them was obviously dressed like a priest, but his white robes had a certain magnificent to them and looked incredible expensive. The rather young looking boy had bright blonde hair, blue eyes and a small body. His facial features were very feminine for a guy as well, giving him the ‘little cute brother’ look.
The second Guy was like the exact opposite of him. He was tall, towering nearly two and half meters above the ground. He had a black full beard and not a single hair on his head. His eyes were dark red, like the eyes of a demon. He wore primitive armor that looked like it was made out of some ancient great beast. A great axe lied on his back.
The third Guy was an obviously powerful mage with flaming red hair and emerald green eyes. Besides his hair and eyes, he was pretty average looking. His robes looked rather cheap, especially compared to the people around him.
“What’s the matter Julius? Why did you call us all to you?! And why the fuck are you kneeling on the ground, crying?!” (Beard-Guy)
“It broke... Guys it broke!” (Julius)
Prince Julius stood up. There was little to no strength in his movements as he showed the small pendant in his hands to his comrades.
“That... that can't be…” (Beard-Guy)
“N- No way...” (Mage)
“Please, Oh god no!” (Priest)
“It did! Just an hour ago as well! You all know what that means! She's dead!” (Julius)
The Priest and the Mage fell to the ground and start crying while the bearded guy tried his best to not do the same.
“We have to avenge her!” (Beard-Guy)
“HOW?! We don't even know where she went!” (Julius)
“Do not worry, brother! I used a spell on her a few years ago! This spell will curse whoever dared to kill her! We may not be able to search this scum right now, but as soon as he enters one of the major cities we will know!” (Mage)
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Authors Note: I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Have a nice day and thanks for reading!
Since some people wanted to see our MC’s new Status, I’ll show you! Along with a list of his skills and their current level.
-Status- Name: None. Choose one? Y/N Class: Ice Mage Level: 246 / 500 Race: Undead Monster Classification: Half-Lich
Title: Cold Soul Divine Protection: None Attribute: Frost Follower: None Spouses None
Health: 2790 / 2790 Mana: 16810 / 17450 Strength: 269 Dexterity: 247 Vitality: 279 Endurance: 272 Intelligence: 1455 (+291) Knowledge: 13
Skillname Level Undead (passive) Max. Soul Eater Max. Elementary Frost Magic Max. Intermediate Frost Magic 8 / 10 Cold Chains 2 / 15 Frost Time 1 / 5 Ice Breath 1 / 10 Soul Shackle 1 / 5 Ice Infusion 1 / 10 Lich Mastery (passive) 1 / 100