Necromancer Of The Shadows

A day before Evan killed the Rank Four Eldritch Horror...

On a desolate star filled with black stones and jagged hills, the sound of gnawing echoed through the barren landscape.

"Why do we have to guard this thing again?" Asked a strange creature, its body resembling that of a humanoid ant, as it gnawed on the flesh of a nearly hundred-meter-tall dead mammoth.

Another creature, similarly insectoid but with the body of a grasshopper also tore a chunk of meat from the mammoth with its sharp teeth, swallowing it whole. After devouring the flesh, it glanced at the ant-like humanoid creature and spoke in a low, grave tone.

"Don't talk nonsense. If anyone hears you complaining, we might lose our heads."

After speaking, it tore another chunk of flesh from the mammoth's body and spoke once again. "Besides, we got this delicious dish delivered to us without doing anything, so what's the matter even if we have to stay here for a few hundred years more."

Broodfiend, the creature with the body of a humanoid ant snorted when he heard the words of Voraspawn, the creature with the body of a grasshopper, but didn't refute what he said.

Both of them were peak Rank Three Creatures, while the aura around the giant dead mammoth was that of a mid-level Rank Four. The flesh of a creature whose rank was far higher than theirs was very appealing to them.

"Even though I don't mind staying here for the rest of my life if they give us delicious food like this once in a while, I still can't understand what's the point of us staying here. Didn't we stop paying attention to this thing thousands of years ago?" Broodfiend spoke after eating his fill as he looked at a complex altar made of strange stones at the end of a dark cave.

"I don't know either, but I heard this order came from the higher-ups, so don't think about doing anything foolish," Voraspawn shook his head when he heard Broodfiend and reminded him in a serious voice.

"I know, I am not stupid enough to dig my own grave," Broodfiend said with a roll of his eyes, then suddenly remembered something. "By the way, have you heard the news that came from the Eclipse Expanse?"

"Are you talking about that golden star that suddenly appeared there?" Voraspawn raised an eyebrow when he heard Broodfiend.

"Yes..." Broodfiend said and looked around, as if confirming there was no one else besides them, before speaking in a low voice. "I don't know if it's true or not, but I heard people talking that the golden star is related to that person."

"Related to that person?" Voraspawn looked at Broodfiend in confusion, not understanding who he was talking about.

The antennas on top of Broodfiend's head trembled when he saw the confused look on Voraspawn's face and he spoke in a speechless voice.

"Don't you know about that person... the person who nearly destroyed the entire Origin Unive—"

Before Broodfiend could finish speaking, Voraspawn covered his mouth and looked around with a look of fear on his face.

After seeing there was no anomaly around them, he sighed in relief and spoke in an irritated voice.

"Are you stupid? If you want to die, then go somewhere else, but don't drag me along with you."

Broodfiend wanted to say it was Voraspawn's fault for not recognizing the hint, but before he could speak, both of their expressions changed.

They turned their heads and looked towards the dark cave where the altar was located and saw it flashing with deep red light.

"This..." Shock crossed their faces and they immediately ran toward the cave, eager to see what was happening.

Upon reaching the front of the cave, they tried to enter, but as soon as they attempted to approach the altar, a powerful force repelled them, nearly damaging their internal organs.

"Quick, contact Lord Krythorion! If something happens to this thing, we are as good as dead!" Voraspawn shouted urgently, staring at the cave with a look of fear.

Broodfiend also showed fear when he heard Krythorion's name, and the antennas on top of his head began to shake.

As the antennas vibrated, strange energy ripples emitted from them, extending into the void before disappearing. The antennas on top of Broodfiend's head continued to shake as he guided the energy ripples toward their target.

While Broodfiend was attempting to contact Lord Krythorion, Voraspawn once again approached the cave and tried to go in.

However, just like before, the force pushed him back. "Damn, I hope nothing's wrong with this thing, or we are done for..." Voraspawn muttered gloomily, glancing back at Broodfiend.

Three minutes passed in a blink of an eye and the red glow around the altar became even more terrifying.

Just when the Blood Red glow around the altar was becoming more and more powerful, Broodfiend suddenly raised his head and looked up.

Voraspawn also sensed something and raised his head in response. As both of them looked upward, they saw the space above them tearing apart, and a black-colored creature resembling a lion emerged from the crack in the void.

The creature stood nearly fifty meters tall, radiating the aura of a Peak Rank Five monster.

Atop the lion-like beast sat a two-meter-tall man, with a square-shaped head and eyes as round and large as baseballs.

The moment Voraspawn and Broodfiend laid eyes on the man, they immediately knelt down, their voices full of respect.

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"Lord Krythorion!"

Krythorion, however, paid them no mind. His large, round eyes were fixed on the glowing altar inside the cave. Without a word, he disappeared from the back of the lion-like creature and reappeared in front of the cave's entrance.

Upon reaching the cave, Krythorion took out a token from his storage ring and stepped forward. The instant his foot crossed the cave's threshold, the token in his hand glowed brightly, and the powerful force that had repelled Voraspawn and Broodfiend vanished.

Krythorion walked toward the altar and his eyes gleamed with a peculiar light as he observed the red glow surrounding it.

With a smooth motion, he retrieved a green stone from his storage ring and tossed it into the centre of the altar.

The moment the green stone made contact with the altar, it disintegrated into dust, and the altar's glowing ceased.

Once the light faded, the runes engraved on the altar began to shimmer softly and the next second, a holographic image of Emperor Velgoth appeared above it.