Apostle Of Death- A necromancers redemption

The marching army of the legion, upon An-Dhurs mental command had only one focus to destroy the foe set. It was over kill and purely a sign of his own hatred of this rare field boss. The first 5 of his level 40 skeletons wiped out the 5 foes easily.

[level 14 skeleton guard] [1 xp]

[level 14 skeleton guard] [1 xp]

[level 14 skeleton guard] [1 xp]

[level 14 skeleton guard] [1 xp]

[level 14 Skeleton ruler] [1 xp]

Without opening his eyes and offering a small wordless prayer to anyone who would listen, he then ordered the continuation to the massacre towards all the rest of the spawns. Taking a few deep breaths, he straightened himself up and opened his eyes. There was a drop…. ”Come one good things come in threes isn that what people say ”swiftly moving to the bodies he raised his hand to collect the dark black and green energy hovering over the body of the Skeleton ruler.

As he touched it a message popped up detailing the item.

[The ring of …. Then the screen turned from it usual clear blue to a dark red, with black crack all over it and the previous words wiped away. Till it suddenly reset to blue again.

[Deaths Call – ??? Rank][Upon breaking this hourglass be transferred to Deaths realm]

”What is **ing happening ”pulling at his hair at being so close to his goal and it taken away ”what happened I need to report this and get my damn ring this is bullshit ” the effects of pure joy being rudely snatched away leaving him reeling removing any filter.

[Exclusive class quest given] [Forced]

[Apostle of Death Class quest]

Enter deaths realm and prove your worthy to become Deaths Apostle.

Mentally commanding his quest log to open he began to read.

[Apostle of death class promotion quest] [Forced]

Enter deaths realm and prove yourself worthy.

Time left to enter Deaths realm 0:01:48.

Quest reward- Exclusive title, exclusive class, unique class item.

Quest failure- lose all levels, titles, and class features.

”This is brutal ” he groaned.

”How do I prove I am worthy, this damn system and what is a forced quest anyway ”.

[level 7 skeleton killed] [1 xp]

His mind being pulled back to the normal message of the grind helped to reset him mentally. Commanding his legion to encircle him defensively he looked again.

Time left to enter Deaths realm 0:01:13.

After making sure the system recorded his last 5 minutes to send to the admins after whatever the hell this was, he decided to just go with it if he could do it maybe it would be a blessing. He didn even want to think about the failure penalty.

Removing [Deaths Call] from his inventory he looked at the sands quickly falling another reminder of the short deadline, but the ornate hourglass was a piece of art that couldn help but catch his eye. White bone intermingled with shadows and carved in such small detail that it was stunning, seemingly depicting a story of the world on its 4 corner pillars and each piece of sand was closer to glass or diamonds each with a world inside it being birthed in the cosmos, maturing and by the time each grain hit the bottom the death of that world.

A warning message popped up in the corner of his vision.

Time left to enter Deaths realm 0:00:09.

”Its a shame to break something so beautiful but I am forced too ”.

With that, the slightest bit of force and intention was enough to turn it all to dust. As the dust fell it began to blow in the breeze around An-Dhur and the legion defensive circle. Covering the floor and spinning till only dust was visible below at that point all 51 fell.

The fall was only a fraction of perceptible distance, but everything had changed. The first was a feeling of nausea his brain and body had experienced a feeling in the RealVR the game used that was different from anything previously felt. Next the realisation of darkness and depth to the new space that made him feel terribly alone and small.

[Deaths realm has been entered]

[First traveller to this realm]

[Title awarded- Realm traveller]

[Realm traveller- +5 to all stats, Gain the ability to feel realm access points]

[Title awarded- [Favoured by Death]

[Favoured by death- Deeper understanding of death granted]

[Apostle of death class quest updated]

You are not worthy, divinity too low.

You are not worthy, intelligence too low.

You are not worthy, level is too low.

The Multiple flashing blue screens popping up one after another announcing failure of who An-Dhur is again and again.

” If I am so Unworthy, why did you bring me here and what the hell do you want ” he shouted into the abyss of darkness all around him.

You are not wort…. Then as before suddenly the screen turned dark red, with those black cracks splintering throughout. The words being erased in front of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of movement through the screen, what looked like a giant part of a link in a chain. The more he stared the clear it was becoming.

You are not Worthy appeared in the red screen again before it faded away, this happened 3 more times as An-Dhurs eyes kept focusing on this chain, following it to a shackle embedded into the floor of the realm itself. The other direction led upwards into more shadow and confusion, but the scale alone was overwhelming to think about.

Suddenly a blue screen popped up.

[Quest complete]

[You are worthy]

[you have acquired the upgraded class of necromancer- Apostle of death]

[You have acquired the title- Apostle of death]

Unique

[Divinity increased][Forced]

[You have acquired the ring herald of death]

Unique

[Level up]

[Level up]

[Level up]

[Level up]

[Level up]

[Level up]

[Level up]

[Level up]

[Level up]

[Level up]

Screen after screen flying past so fast, he couldn even process it and inspect the rewards to a quest he did nothing for.

”What the hell is happening ” quickly silenced by noticing the sudden movement of what seemed the entire sky above, the chain he had spotted and others like it seemingly creaking and tensioning around the movement of a colossal being. The sudden level of noise broke the perfect silence of this realm at such a level it was deafening and the vibrations due to the disturbances sent shockwaves through his body as his skeletons one after another were torn apart as the damage built up and his own health was dropping quickly.