I walked out of the termite nest and headed towards an empty spot by the lake.
‘Alpeon, what about Ian and Gwyn?’
‘They are asleep.’
‘Oh right, it’s nighttime isn’t it?’
While in an undead’s body, I failed to sense the passage of time. Days and nights held little meaning to me. Well, actually at first, daytime was a bit troublesome, but since I had gained the golden blessing from the nectar, there was no longer any difference in my eyes.
In the distance, saw the Golem Matilda talking with a group of strangers.
‘Is it them?’
I opened up their status pages to learn the skills of my new visitors.
‘Rank G… how suspicious. They must be using Decoy or a similar skill.’
If their rank was a least E, I would be able to accept it, but G… that was the same rank as my Avatar. Of course, it was still possible for it to be their real rank, but I estimated that they were either stronger, or at the very least the same level as Matilda. After careful consideration, I decided to go ahead and greet them despite not having the full picture of their stats and skills. I was simply confident in the progress I had made as an ArchLich.
‘Alpeon, have everyone back up about 100 meters.’
‘Yes, my Lord.’
“Hello, fellow Reincarnators, welcome to the Pit!”
I opened up my arms and gave them a friendly welcome, like an ambassador NPC in a game.
I was standing up with my arms open in an awkward position.
“Oh…do you guys not have any sense of humor?”
“Hmm… I heard he was a former student, but judging by his jokes he feels more like a senior.”
The woman wearing a full set of platinum armor came over to greet me with a small smirk, holding her helmet in one hand. From the Status page, I knew her name was Lorina.
“Oh Lorina, did you not like my joke?”
“You quite the strong undead, how many humans did you have to harm?”
“I have seen humans die in the Catacombs, but it’s been quite some time since I’ve met one.”
Giving Lorina a quick glance, I used Death Stare to test her out. I was hoping to get a measure of her true strength.
“Hmm… seems like you’re not worth the trip here.”
She easily kept eye contact, showing me a confident smile.
‘No effect whatsoever?’
Clearly she wasn’t Rank G, otherwise just that quick glance would have put her in a critical condition. Since she didn’t seem to suffer at all, it became clear to me that no part of her Status page could be relied upon.
“Roslin!”
The little vampire had just arrived from behind.
“Lorina!”
After a short sprint, she leapt through the air and into Lorina’s embrace.
“I was worried!”
“No, it’s okay I’m fine.”
“Roslin.Are.you.okay.now? Were.you.treated.well?”
Standing upon the shoulders of Matilda who had just spoken, were the other two strangers, each with different sized swords. they stayed silent, with their eyes closed during most of our greeting. When Roslin arrived they took a quick look before closing their eyes, clearly uninterested.
‘What about those two?’
From the moment Lorina had casually disregarded my Death Stare, my opinions about the League had been completely flipped on it’s head. Roslin and Matilda were almost certainly their weakest members.
‘League of Reincarnators… if we were to become enemies it would be troublesome indeed.’
Even though they had been a bit rude, I decided to go forward with a friendly attitude.
“Now that we have secured Roslin, it’s time to put an end to your evil doings!”
“Evil doings? What are you harping on about?”
I was so confused by Lorina’s words that I didn’t even have the chance to get angry.
“Lorina.he.has.not.yet.committed.any.evil.”
The Golem Matilda seemed to take my side.
“No, just take a look at that guy’s level. Just how many lives did he have to end to level up an ArchLich so much? He must be the same as Soleste. He can probably hide his status with Decoy, he’s someone I will never recognize as a companion.”
“What’s so bad about it? I just got rid of a few pests to level up.”
“Pests? You called living beings pests? He’s worse than Soleste!”
“I didn’t know what to say, it would probably be another situation where I needed to persuade others with my strength.”
“I welcomed you as a guest but you treat me so -Save a stranger from the sea, and he’ll turn your enemy-.”
“Ha! Save a stranger from the sea, and he’ll turn your enemy….I have not heard that expression in long time. Enough! Matilda, Roslin, Nabe, Sigdal, to me! Help me out! We do our best and subdue him!”
I heard a deafening sound and was bathed in a bright light, everything within a 10 meter radius of me was completely devastated.
‘Am I just going to die like this? Uh… didn’t I have the resurrection skill? This light is a kind for holy cleansing right? I hope it doesn’t have any effect on my resurrection. Damn! Why didn’t I make a life vessel beforehand!’
I had been to proud and overconfident with my recent powerups. I hadn’t prepared adequately for the situation and could no longer think of any possibility which didn’t lead to my death.