Necromancer
"Nah, I don't need this ring, but thanks anyway GK. Come on let's
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"I feel you really should wear it. I don't want you suddenly turn against me during the fight!"
"Won't happen, trust me. Let's go "
The Ghoul King is getting noticeably agitated.
"Look! He'll be coming soon just put the fucking ring on, before he gets here!"
Now you're getting agitated.
"GK, you better just calm the fuck down. I don't like being told what to do, unless it's by Catalina in the bedroom. So "
"Damn you! We'll do this the old fashioned way then!" he shouts and attacks!
With one powerful blow he knocks you to the floor. You're still shaking off the cobwebs by the time he's ready to land a killing strike. He's stopped by Lord Rostov however.
"That will do Ghoul King. His mortal life is not for yours to take." Rostov says calmly while entering the foyer with a small group of female vampires.
"I told you to stop calling me that! I have delivered my end of the bargain! You promised me that my status would be restored!"
"Yes, but you attempted to kill him, when I specifically told you I wanted him alive. You were not completely dedicated to your end of the deal. So while you may continue to stay in the glory of my presence, I think you'll still remain the Ghoul King."
The Ghoul King looks like he's about to argue, but instead he submits.
"Yes, Lord Rostov."
"Ha ha ha ha. You sad sack of shit. Selling me out to be Lord Rostov's bitch, some deal you made." You say while getting back up.
Lord Rostov now turns his attention towards you. He looks exactly like what you always heard vampires are supposed to look like. Regal, refined, confident and arrogant as all hell.
"Do not judge the Ghoul King too harshly; his actions were based on survival. True he did long for revenge at one time, but when I came to him with this arrangement, he jumped at the chance because in the end the Ghoul King has always chosen his own survival over anything else."
"Then he's failed miserably in that endeavor because he won't be surviving this."
"I fail to see how idle threats are going to help you right now. In fact this situation would be unnecessary if you hadn't pursued this path. You only have yourself to blame. Causing chaos and destroying the natural order of things. Ending all life on this world is simply unacceptable."
" (Sigh) Why is everyone assuming that? I'm PROTECTING myself! Look, I know you still have the puppet master strings going on in the mortal realm. Shit, you're probably responsible for the Grand Alliance. I'd even be willing to live in peace with the civilized world if they'd stop attacking me!"
"I once heard the same thing from another of you ilk long ago. We all did. It's the reason why we're in this state we are today. You're growing more powerful with each death you bring. Whether you know it or not, you're already addicted to the power. You're addicted to death. Do you REALLY think you can stop yourself at this point? You won't. You can't deny your nature no more than we can deny ours. The Great Lich Lord didn't stop, and neither will you. The status quo must be kept and for that to happen, you have to die."
With those words, Lord Rostov uses his supernatural speed before you can react and prompty breaks your neck.
Your heart stops beating.
Your lungs stop drawing breath.
You fall to the floor dead.
"Best to take care of these things quickly. Remember the lessons of poor Duke Tolov who "
While Lord Rostov is pontificating about his predecessor, your body undergoes a change. You body is regenerating. The bones in your neck have re-knitted. You open your eyes; your heart is still not beating. You draw no breath, yet you're still alive. You feel more knowledgeable in the ways of magic and death in particular.
You are the Great Lich Lord reborn and you are pissed.
You immediately get up and launch a fireball into Lord Rostov's back. He howls in pain before you cause his heart to explode in his chest, followed by his brain. He falls uselessly on to the ground. His nights of existence are over.
The other vampires in the immediate area sound an alarm, but you're not worried. A few manage to attack you and land some deep blows, but you feel nothing but numbness. Then you strike back.
You begin to dominate all of their minds. Your powers have grown to an extent that you're able to directly control even intelligent undead like these. You don't even want to dirty your hands with dealing with these miserable blood leeches. You cause them all to gruesomely attack one another, until you're ultimately the last one standing in a fortress filled with dismembered vampires, well one still lives. He still struggles against your mind control, but he knows the end will soon come. He even welcomes it at this point.
"Shouldn't have done it GK. You had everything. Now only oblivion awaits you."
"I don't care anymore. This world is going to end soon; I'd rather die before I see that happen. How will it feel when the world is finally under your utter command? What will you do when there is nothing left? Will you be able to be satisfied on just continued existence?"
"I guess I'll find out, because you won't."
You cause the Ghoul King to rip his own heart out and bite into it before setting him and the rest of them on fire.
With all the bloodsuckers dead you leave the burning fortress and transport yourself back to Aftermath. When you return Aftermath, Catalina sees your wounds and unnecessarily worries about you.
"Baby, you're wounded!"
"Catalina, I'm fuckin' dead." You say sharply and enter your study.
You retire to your study where you put your vampire ordeal out of your mind and reflect upon what will come next while you write a letter to your Mom and Sister about Dad. You figure they should know the truth even if nobody else will.
Even in this new state of existence, you're so tired
"I feel you really should wear it. I don't want you suddenly turn against me during the fight!"
"Won't happen, trust me. Let's go "
The Ghoul King is getting noticeably agitated.
"Look! He'll be coming soon just put the fucking ring on, before he gets here!"
Now you're getting agitated.
"GK, you better just calm the fuck down. I don't like being told what to do, unless it's by Catalina in the bedroom. So "
"Damn you! We'll do this the old fashioned way then!" he shouts and attacks!
With one powerful blow he knocks you to the floor. You're still shaking off the cobwebs by the time he's ready to land a killing strike. He's stopped by Lord Rostov however.
"That will do Ghoul King. His mortal life is not for yours to take." Rostov says calmly while entering the foyer with a small group of female vampires.
"I told you to stop calling me that! I have delivered my end of the bargain! You promised me that my status would be restored!"
"Yes, but you attempted to kill him, when I specifically told you I wanted him alive. You were not completely dedicated to your end of the deal. So while you may continue to stay in the glory of my presence, I think you'll still remain the Ghoul King."
The Ghoul King looks like he's about to argue, but instead he submits.
"Yes, Lord Rostov."
"Ha ha ha ha. You sad sack of shit. Selling me out to be Lord Rostov's bitch, some deal you made." You say while getting back up.
Lord Rostov now turns his attention towards you. He looks exactly like what you always heard vampires are supposed to look like. Regal, refined, confident and arrogant as all hell.
"Do not judge the Ghoul King too harshly; his actions were based on survival. True he did long for revenge at one time, but when I came to him with this arrangement, he jumped at the chance because in the end the Ghoul King has always chosen his own survival over anything else."
"Then he's failed miserably in that endeavor because he won't be surviving this."
"I fail to see how idle threats are going to help you right now. In fact this situation would be unnecessary if you hadn't pursued this path. You only have yourself to blame. Causing chaos and destroying the natural order of things. Ending all life on this world is simply unacceptable."
" (Sigh) Why is everyone assuming that? I'm PROTECTING myself! Look, I know you still have the puppet master strings going on in the mortal realm. Shit, you're probably responsible for the Grand Alliance. I'd even be willing to live in peace with the civilized world if they'd stop attacking me!"
"I once heard the same thing from another of you ilk long ago. We all did. It's the reason why we're in this state we are today. You're growing more powerful with each death you bring. Whether you know it or not, you're already addicted to the power. You're addicted to death. Do you REALLY think you can stop yourself at this point? You won't. You can't deny your nature no more than we can deny ours. The Great Lich Lord didn't stop, and neither will you. The status quo must be kept and for that to happen, you have to die."
With those words, Lord Rostov uses his supernatural speed before you can react and prompty breaks your neck.
Your heart stops beating.
Your lungs stop drawing breath.
You fall to the floor dead.
"Best to take care of these things quickly. Remember the lessons of poor Duke Tolov who "
While Lord Rostov is pontificating about his predecessor, your body undergoes a change. You body is regenerating. The bones in your neck have re-knitted. You open your eyes; your heart is still not beating. You draw no breath, yet you're still alive. You feel more knowledgeable in the ways of magic and death in particular.
You are the Great Lich Lord reborn and you are pissed.
You immediately get up and launch a fireball into Lord Rostov's back. He howls in pain before you cause his heart to explode in his chest, followed by his brain. He falls uselessly on to the ground. His nights of existence are over.
The other vampires in the immediate area sound an alarm, but you're not worried. A few manage to attack you and land some deep blows, but you feel nothing but numbness. Then you strike back.
You begin to dominate all of their minds. Your powers have grown to an extent that you're able to directly control even intelligent undead like these. You don't even want to dirty your hands with dealing with these miserable blood leeches. You cause them all to gruesomely attack one another, until you're ultimately the last one standing in a fortress filled with dismembered vampires, well one still lives. He still struggles against your mind control, but he knows the end will soon come. He even welcomes it at this point.
"Shouldn't have done it GK. You had everything. Now only oblivion awaits you."
"I don't care anymore. This world is going to end soon; I'd rather die before I see that happen. How will it feel when the world is finally under your utter command? What will you do when there is nothing left? Will you be able to be satisfied on just continued existence?"
"I guess I'll find out, because you won't."
You cause the Ghoul King to rip his own heart out and bite into it before setting him and the rest of them on fire.
With all the bloodsuckers dead you leave the burning fortress and transport yourself back to Aftermath. When you return Aftermath, Catalina sees your wounds and unnecessarily worries about you.
"Baby, you're wounded!"
"Catalina, I'm fuckin' dead." You say sharply and enter your study.
You retire to your study where you put your vampire ordeal out of your mind and reflect upon what will come next while you write a letter to your Mom and Sister about Dad. You figure they should know the truth even if nobody else will.
Even in this new state of existence, you're so tired