Master Of None



"It's another mummified worshiper. Then the one behind it is an undead mummified tomb guard." Walker was looking with the all around appraisal skill. He was not liking what he saw when it came to the undead with the blade where one hand should be. 

'Undead mummified tomb guard

This is an mummified worshiper was used as an experiment when in creation. The result was an undead with a blade attached to its bones. This allowed it to become a more powerful mummified undead that can battle with more brutality. It is slower than an undead mummified worshiper but it is stronger. 

It can take more hits and will be able to deal more damage. Unfortunately, the blade is not truly part of its body and can not be reclaimed if it is broken. This was considered a partial failure to the one that created this undead. Yet, it is able to use the blade as part of the awakening ceremony that the mummified worshippers assist in as well. 

There are many of…'

While Walker kept reading, the information that he saw after the last paragraph was just things he already knew. He understood there were many undead just like this undead mummified tomb guard. It even seemed that this was one of the weakest tomb guards. 

What struck everyone when he said it though, was that this was just a tomb guard. "That means there should be different levels of guards, right? If this is the weaker one that was just considered a failed experiment…" Remey trailed off as she watched the two undead from their hiding place. She knew that fighting these would be annoying but the slumbering undead were just a few passageways ahead. 

"I would bet on it, and they are going to be annoying. But we can probably trap those one with some earth magic?" Gil looked at Walker and Su who were slowly observing the undead. 

"I want to see what they are doing, that mummified worshiper and guard are both touching the wall here and there." Su made sure to hold Walker back. While he wasn't about to rush ahead, he also saw that the two were doing something. 

As the two undead touched the walls, they saw that runes were starting to flow with more  mana. The colored manas were related to what kind of runes they were. These undead were both patrolling but also checking the flow of mana. This was much more intelligent than they had expected from the lowest undead. But their actions were too stiff. More like they were following strings. Like they were puppets and not just shambling around. 

"I think they are trying to follow and repair runes. I think there might be more control that the boss of these undead have on them." Walker knew that everyone thought it, but he had to say it out loud to accept it. If he didn't then he would not be mentally prepared for undead with sneaky tricks. 

"And yes, I can seal them in rocks or sand. It should give us time to handle them. Remey can take the guard while Midnight can take the worshiper. Between the two we can break them and I will force the sand on the ground to trap them for a while." Walker watched as Midnight slinked forward wrapped in shadows. 

The two undead were not able to sense her in the least, but they did sense when Remey burst forward with flames on her fists. The crack of bones as the guard's arm shattered was enough to make the two undead turn to attack Remey. But again, they found that their bones were shattering. Midnight had leaped out of the shadows slashing her claws four times in succession to break away the dried and weaker bones. 

Without any hesitation, Su joined the attacks and used her shields to slam the two undead against the wall. Since Remey and Midnight had easily stopped their arms from any attacks, Su used her shields to stop them from moving. This left Walker to manipulate the earth mana and create a large mound of sand. He just had to add some extra force to it and the sand on the outside was able to become much more solid and dense. While it was not a permanent solution and the broken undead could still move around inside, it would drastically slow their ability to repair their bodies. 

"That was pretty good. We can keep doing that for the one or two undead we face. But what about those ones?" Gil looked over and saw that the passageways that midnight was taking them had multiple stone coffins with slumbering undead in them. It was nothing good to look at since they would definitely be larger in number to face. 

"We start using light elemental mana. Alice, Midnight, and I will begin." Walker sighed as he looked at midnight who had not used much of her light elemental breath attack lately. But that would be the best way to remove any chance that the undead would be awakened in their stone coffins. 

"What's with the runes here? They don't even look like runes but I kind of know they are. It's like they feel like runes but are off somehow." Remey had dropped the battle after they had so easily won in just a few seconds. Especially since she knew that these weaker undead would be able to be held for a while. She wanted to save her prowess for when they found a tougher undead. 

'False Death rune

These are the death runes, or what the worshippers believed were death runes. Due to their beliefs in death, they followed a false death god that shared false knowledge on how to attract death mana. The death mana attracted by these runes is not the same as real death mana. 

These runes allow the control over undead but also drive the living that are influenced by them mad. In this, the false death god is able to steal away life mana to use as their own. These are considered part of a rune group called cursed runes that should not be used. These runes are often bombarded by the will of the world to resolve curses, that is one reason why they are often forgotten in time.'

"That's nothing good." Su thought that they had just opened another can of worms. A much worse can of worms than before. 

"There might not be some false death god any more. It could be dead and the undead here are just controlled by whatever ruler they had that made themselves an undead." Remey tried to be positive, but they all knew that some system users would have god systems. They had all heard the one about the moon goddess and a few others. 

"At least we know that if there is some god system user, then they will be extremely limited. They couldn't take things from people, right? They had to use another ruler and corrupt others to get strength. That itself proves that they can't do much." Walker revered to the moon goddess that was a statue during the day and only moved under the light of the moon. Many other stories were similar about the god system users. They were powerful, immortal, and many other things, but they were bound by rules. Strict rules. 

"Forget all that, we have to break these runes instead of breaking the undead. Basically, Midnight can beat them all with one claw." Gil gave Midnight and nod and Midnight used a claw to scratch the rune. In an instant, the undead in the stone coffin wall looked like it had aged even more. The wrappings and bones crumbled slightly proving their point. 

"And I can use my daggers to do that too. Especially with the light elf style of dagger techniques. It doesn't bring much light elemental mana, but…" Gil slashed out and cut three runes off the coffins. He watched his handiwork and smirked a little. 

"That does make it easier. The mana is what links them. The runes move through the runes on the walls, then to these false death runes or curse runes, whatever we want to call them. Then we have to handle the undead. But if they are also brought back with rituals, then I assume they aren't really controlled yet until they are brought back." Walker figured that there was so much aging damage that things wouldn't work perfectly. 

"I will use a communication crystal to alert everyone. Let's start." Su looked over but Remey had already taken out her light affinity knuckles and began punching any rune she saw. It was brutal and barbarian like, but it worked. She also knew that it was best that every single group leader knew the identity of these cursed runes. There might be more to them if the group left them be. 

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