Chapter 775: Overwhelming The Master
Asher stumbled back slightly, gesturing frantically for her to quiet down, "Sshh, don't make any sounds. We're safe for now... I think," he said, his gaze flicking toward the undead in the distance.
"Safe?" Lori hissed, lowering her voice but maintaining her tone of reprimand, "You call thisss safe? Skully will now kill us both! Why didn't you just run? Keckkk!"
Lori let out a rasping cough, her massive serpentine body began to shimmer faintly, her scales pulsing with a dim purple light. With a low hiss, she shrank in size, coiling her smaller form tightly against the cold floor. Her head rested wearily on her coils as her eyes narrowed with
fatigue.
Asher sighed, sitting down beside her, his flaming green gaze dimmed with concern, "I couldn't run and leave you to die, Lori," he said softly, his voice tinged with guilt, "I told you I'm not going to do that. I should be the one asking why you came down here when I told you not to. The air here... it's even worse for you, isn't it? I thought you said you won't come down here to collect my corpse."
Lori let out a defiant hiss, her forked tongue flicking as she glared at him, "Ssss, of course, I can't risk losing my breeding vessel. If, for some reason, that draconian woman doesn't deliver my child, I still need you." Her tone was sharp, but her words carried an underlying warmth, even if masked by her usual sass.
Asher blinked, disbelief washing over his skeletal visage, "You're still on about that in a situation like this? Didn't you notice what we're up against?"
"That ugly sssskully? Don't tell me it's your relative or something," Lori retorted with a scoff, though her voice held a slight tremor of unease.
Asher let out a dry chuckle, "My relative? Not a chance. But..." His voice trailed off as he glanced toward the distant figure of the undead, now still but looming ominously, "Its powers... they are eerily similar to mine. Or rather, to the undead I can create."
Lori's eyes widened, her head lifting slightly, "Y-You can create undead? Brat, how many powerssss are you hiding?" she asked incredulously, her tail flicking in disbelief.
Asher shook his head, his tone matter-of-fact, "I'm not exactly hiding it. I just rarely use them. But those undead I've created-they're nothing compared to this thing. The resemblance is uncanny, though. How is that even possible? I'm not capable of creating something this powerful. If I were, we wouldn't even be here."
Lori narrowed her eyes, her tail twitching thoughtfully, "Then maybe your relative really did live here at ssssome point. You're always boasting about your 'immortal bloodline.' Maybe someone related to your race turned that human into an undead?"
Asher's gaze darkened as he processed her words, "That doesn't make sense. Just because someone shares my race doesn't mean they'd have the same powers." His mind flashed to the source of his Hellbringer abilities-the Ring of Damnation. He knew his powers didn't simply just come from his bloodline.
However, it was true that someone did create this undead. But where was its master? If they were alive, they would have shown themselves. But if they weren't...how could this undead not turn to dust?
Or were his powers really not unique? Did someone else also possess them?
Lori hissed with mild exasperation, "Sssss, you think you're that sssspecial? Fine, then what'sss your theory, smarty?"n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
Asher turned his gaze back toward the undead, his fingers clenching into a fist, "I don't think it matters. That thing is guarding whatever's behind that rock. Whether it's a way out or something important, it's worth risking everything to find out. So many people died here trying to get through, and it killed them all effortlessly."
Lori's eyes followed his gaze, her serpentine form trembling slightly, "You aren't sssseriously thinking of fighting it again, are you?"
Asher reached into his Damned Dimension and pulled out multiple health potions, their glowing liquid swirling ominously. His dark yellow eyes flickered with grim determination as he said, "You know me. I'm someone who can afford to cheat death a few times." He raised one of the potions to his mouth, chugging it down with a grimace before bracing himself for what was to come.
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