"I know it. Time flies fast when your asleep. It doesn't feel like 10,000 years at all."

The Lich King thought after recalling its memories.

The Lich King Nazarrik is awake! Does the world still remember his name?

Probably not its been 10 thousands of years after all.

It doesn't matter for he the Lich King Nazarrik don't care about fame anymore.

Not only fame but he have no interest in anything in this world.

What he seek is Divinity. The power of a Lich God. He was so close, so close. But now he will surely..

But the Lich suddenly have bad feeling. Things doesn't feel right on many levels.

The energy core isn't repaired yet! Although not as badly damage as before it still have cracks.

Its only 30% healed. His current strength should be at least peak of Great lich or early phase of Lich king.

Why did he woke up. Nazarrik didn't hear anyone calling him so it should not be one of his generals.

This also means its not yet 10,000 years, no wonder that did not feel like a long sleep.

Should he just go back to sleep and continue to absorb the refined undead energy?

Wait why don't he feel any undead energy? No wonder he feels something's wrong its because Black Thorn doesn't absorb undead energy there is also absence of mana in the air.

So this is the reason he woke up, its because his energy core stop repairing itself so continuing the hibernation is useless.

Using his mental power the Black Thorn's cover moved on its own. The black cover also made by solid rocks floated in the air and move aside before slowly falling down.

"Good thing is that using small mental power does not consume mana. This isn't my Great Tomb!"

Did someone kidnapped this Black Thorn away from Death Swamp?

What about his undead army outside, his undying generals?

If the enemy is strong they know to wake him up.

They must be slacking on guard duty.

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"They should prepare themselves when I return. The boiled ribs, fried legs and other bone menu will torture them for years hahahaha"

Anyway this Lich King should go out first and find out where is this place.

The place is so dark but Nazarrik can clearly see just like other liches.

Everything's white from the floor to the wall. Such beautiful craftsmanship its hard to believe they are made by mortal hands.

Although there cracks, dirt and dried bloods Nazarrik can imagine what this place was like before. There also remains of destroyed apparatus made of metal sheets, glass and other material he don't recognized.

The most eye catching are the walking dead people who looked like fresh undead.

When liches and necromancers revive the dead, only bones and skeletons remain and their flesh magically disappear.

But when a corpse is polluted by undead energy they stand and move with their rotting flesh.

The flesh decays for a month or two until only the skeleton remained, so undeads that still has flesh are called "fresh undead."

Looking closely at this undeads flesh instead of decaying, they harden and stick to the bones.

Something even this Lich King has never seen before.

And what kind of clothes these people are wearing?

As William Von Dhublon III, he knows great stuff when he sees one. These people's clothes must have been sewn by master craftsman.

Nazarrik walk to the nearest zombie and look closely, observing the zombie from head to toe, both front and back.

Of course the zombies don't attack Nazarrik, that would be the most hilarious things in the world like saying a cow eats meat.

He was dazzled by clothing and accessories. No way a master blacksmith can make such intricate designs.

Nazarrik put his hand on the head of the zombie but failed to read its memories.

The same with others the problem must be with his energy core.

Another problem is that this undeads don't follow his will, the will of a lich king even a wounded one is not something low level undeads can decline.

Sadly these prices of dried meat and bones don't care of his commands.

He try to use mental strength to control these guys head and it work! He can indeed control them but this kind of control should be used on powerful undeads not low level ones like this guys

After all Nazarrik's mental strength can only manually control 15 zombies at most.

He choose the one zombie with the cleanest lab coat and take it for himself.

A Lich King must not walked around naked, its not embarrassing but its about dignity.

This lab coat is perfect for his need. Imagine a white skeleton wearing a white lab coat.

How handsome is that?

While exploring the place looking for a way out, Nazarrik found a room full of clothes!

He removed the dirty one he is wearing and chose a clean one.

A clean white lab coat, clean black trouser and a shiny pair of black shoes.

Looking at himself in a mirror, the most handsome lich to ever exist faces him. Nothing less expected from the Lich King Nazarrik.

How he long for his crown his rings and his staff. It would be perfect if he wears them.

Did the people who steal Black Thorn steal them too or are they still at the Tomb of Nazarrik waiting for him?

He explore the place, destroying doors here and there looking for the way out.

He found the exit or rather a train railway track.

In Nazarrik's blazing eyes its a cave or a tunnel in an underground mine.

He returned inside the lab to take Black Thorn. As an artifact Black Thorn can change its size depending in its owners will.

Made the coffin small enough then put it on his trouser's pocket.

Footsteps from a black leather shoes are the only sound heard in a silent and dark underground railway as the Lich King walked without any idea of what's waiting for him outside.