Pestilence: Rise Of The Pure Undead

On the dawn of the clash, both champions faced off in deserted cities, the defeat of either, the knell signifying the beginning of the end.

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"Oh, by the gods, why is the atmosphere so tense here? Is something happening in Bourgliotte?"

"Bourgliotte? Certainly not, it is as peaceful as it can get, everyone is sleeping soundly, that is for sure, no, the tenseness is probably from me, you see… I am not simply a wandering merchant, I also transport special goods for specific clients, and, do not laugh, I am awfully clumsy"

"I had this beautiful silver sword, a gift for the youngest daughter of a noble, I hear she is his favourite, and fool that I am, wanted to clean it, right next to this ravine right here!

I do not need to explain further, the finely crafted arm, paid from the pockets of a loving father, fell right in, it does not seem broken, I can see the shine from up there- Do take a look, miss, would you not happen to have an idea?"

"A silver sword? That is quite uncommon… Ah yes, I do see it when I lean for-"

What followed was a rather shrill cry of surprise and the regular sound of flesh being shredded in impact, the perfect crime, the scene cleaned itself up, all dissipating into rot and disappearing, not even the ambient death released by the sudden and brutal murder was left behind.

This was the fifth one today, Loimos was placed just by the main road leading to Bourgliotte, having taken this spot after fruitless searchings, time was generally not a worry for the dead, but the more they waited, the more likely it became for the word that death's scions were on and about would spread, having an entire country know was already problematic enough.

They were lucky that the prophet that had carried the news had already been made highly untrustworthy by the work of a gravelord, and so, they would soon walk upon Bougliotte, without all of the gravelords.

Quideos Audit had not given signs of life in months by now, Tamaris was making too much progress too fast, and Starkefolten, it seemed like something was brewing here, Fioldron Ferrcrona was up to something too, having made certain to have his elemental champions hide away for unknown reasons.

And as such, Loimos was currently playing his role as Golpilz by the side of the road, doing what could be considered meaningless work as preventing solitary travellers from making it into the city was arguably inconsequential, such people would be trampled upon, but exerting his decay, gathering death and also the free XP that came with it was always worth it.

Rot creations of his were keeping tabs on various places, including every area where an uprising would occur, whilst taking Bourgliotte and liberating King Nitok was the priority, expanding the territory was also at play, take over multiple country, bring governments to their knees, run the chain of command into the ground before they could even realise what was happening.

Tamaris would be entirely ignored, instead, focusing on taking control of the surrounding nations, cutting their trade routes completely, isolating them and forcing them into a battle of attrition against the undead, a prospect that could make anyone cry.

That was for the future.

"Loimos, come over" a feminine voice rang out directly inside of Loimos's mind, death tongue spoken in a particularly elegant way, having no oppositions to the demand, the skeleton was engulfed into countless spectral hands, which closed upon him, both him and the variously shaped limbs disappearing into thin air.

Reappearing much deeper underground, so deep that the temperature here could make Loimos's rot-weaved suit of armour turn red after a while, there, many familiar faces were to be found.
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Obviously, both of the king's royal guards were present, they would have to stand right by his side once the seal was shattered, Unacunerra and Slotriig were standing at attention.

To ensure that this mission could not be failed, Nosferatu was present, all by himself, none of his vampires accompanied him, having been dispersed to other areas, with the strongest gravelord merely being present, Bourgiotte would be turned upside down, although, the vampire would have to hold back a bit, it would be a shame to ruin such a good defensive position.

Of course, integral to the plan, Vwoldtnir was here too with a great deal of other ghouls, most of the same kind as him but also differing sorts that he had gathered as he had excavated his way straight to Bourgliotte, tunnels dug by him and his subordinates had an almost supernatural strength to them, such fine work could not even be achieved so smoothly and easily by The Earthen Catastrophe.

Passageways had been made all around Bourgliotte, and although the living would probably deem it impossible, he had also dug directly underneath the city, the walls ran deep, so deep that it implied that Bourgliotte had been first created long ago, when mages and such still held much more power on average, but nothing could go deep enough to escape the Deep Crawler.

The ghoul lord was instrumental, but his involvement would limit itself to those preparations, as for the rest, the only other gravelord directly present here was none other than Multaemanus, whomst Loimos had been able to find thanks to a remnant of her power that had been sticking to Quideos Audit, the spectre lord would remain hidden alongside Vwoldtnir.

The Graveyard was here too, with the sole purpose of its presence being to feast on the corpse and death that this would all result in, although there was no doubt that having this beast inside the city would crush most of them.

For now however, the bone calamity was but a shadow of what it once was.

Artencil would be busy in the frozen lands, although some of his gathered troops would be taking part.

Malro, Castellan Of Dracula had left his post to serve as the leader of the vampiric knights and soldiers of Dracula, his forces were the one that were closest to a true army amidst the troops of all gravelords, having many knights from all over the continent, trained soldiers and the likes.

As for the man himself, he would conquer the treacherous mountains, his job incredibly important in suppressing Tamaris, turning the natural biome that had served as an impenetrable shield into a collar that would strangle them.

As for the twins, they were obviously going to conquer Dschungelland, unleashing a tide of beasts upon them, and most certainly, impede upon the surrounding nations as well.

As for Loimos…

"We strike at nightfall"

Here it comes.