An item that is filled with death energy should not be possible to be in the mortal world unless it was done by gods. The Gods of Life and Death have made sure to never make an item that contains death energy to be in the hands of other mortals as it disrupts the equilibrium that they have created.
The dark elves were the ones that were tasked to search for such items in the world as they can sense death energy. Even the undead that has accepted the covenant with God of Death Abaddon knows of this and are actively searching for such relics. Even Adrian and Levin Cloud are shocked that such a thing was here in the eastern continent.
Adrian might want to ignore it but he suddenly got a quest that told him to get the item. Even Levin Cloud has the same quest given to him as they were responsible as the Champion of the Twin Gods and the Envoy of the Twin Gods.
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Emergency Quest!
Quest Name: Retrieve the Item with Death Energy
Quest Difficulty: B
Quest Description: You and the Envoy of the Twin Gods unexpectedly ran into some mysterious individuals that has an item filled with death energy in their possession. Investigate and get the item to see what it is.
Clear Condition: Retrieve the item that has death energy.
Clear Reward: Gain Tokens of Death x1
Failure Condition: Unable to retrieve the item.
Failure: A special NPC will get captured and the fate of the eastern continent may be affected.
Duration: Until the mysterious people capture the Soul Princess.
Restriction: This is a quest only available to people that have relation to the Church of the Twin Gods.
Note: It can be shared with other people that are not affiliated with the Church of the Twin Gods but they will only receive experience points as a reward.
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Adrian and Levin Cloud showed them the quest as they knew that this must be a big deal. It is a quest that might affect the future of the eastern continent. Peridot immediately told them that they should accept it as the quest is related to the fate of her home continent.
"This is also a hint on the fate of the Soul Princess. This quest basically indicates that if we do not move then she will be taken by those people. It must be something related to the item filled with death energy that those people have." Adrian stated.
"I agree." Levin Cloud stated.
"What should we do then? We can also use this chance to save them so that we can get free entrance to the Imperial City of Hinomoto." Peridot stated.
"Nice going! We can do that! Kill two birds with one stone." Kabrakan added.
"The only problem is that we are not in our full fighting capacity right now." Adrian stated.
"That will not be much of a problem as you can just revive us if we die. The Soul Princess also has her guards which means we have extra hands when it comes to enemies." Peridot stated.
All of them nodded as they knew that they should do their best. Adrian also wanted the reward as it is a rare commodity in the underworld. He learned of this item thanks to Creepysoo as he got this for working with some of the Gods of Death.
The Token of Death is basically a special currency that is issued by the Gods of Death. One can trade any item in the underworld for this special item. The items are actually being monitored by the God of Death Hades as he is the one running the inventory for tradeable items. Creepysoo even mentioned that there are rare class change items or skills in that trade post.
"For the Token of Death!" Adrian stated.
"For the eastern continent!" The others stated as they looked at Adrian since his chant was different than theirs.
"I got priorities, but the eastern continent is definitely second." Adrian replied as he waved them to follow the location of the hidden passage of the Scarlet Mountains.
They might not know the location of the hidden passage but they can feel the death energy emanating from the item. If they follow that trail then they would be able to intercept the suspicious individuals. They followed the traces of death energy only to be alarmed by the sound of clashing weapons and armors.
The four of them sprinted as fast as they can and noticed that the ten suspicious individuals were not the only ones waiting for the Soul Princess. It seems that they also had some reinforcements as the number of fox masked individuals grew to at least thirty. Each of the fox masked individuals also have great fighting prowess.
"Protect the princess!" A great warrior shouted as he commanded their group.
"Yes, Captain Xiang!" All the soldiers replied.
The princess has five warriors that are dressed differently to her other guards. The one that shouted seems to be leader of her royal guards. He wielded a long spear that is twice the length of his body with a blade coming out of a golden dragon head. He also rode a War Horse or rather a Primal War Horse which is an evolved version of the former.
Captain Xiang sported a black and red armor that perfectly showed his well-built stature and physique. It also added to his domineering aura as he can send a man flying with one swing of his spear. He could also take on five opponents at a time compared to the others.
One of the four remaining guards that look different from the rest has a spear as a weapon as well. Her subordinates called her Qin Liangyu. She sported a freer flowing red and black dress that becomes deeper in color with the blood of her enemies.
If Captain Xiang used his spear with great force and might then Qin Liangyu wielded her with finesse and grace. She would look like she was dancing in the battlefield with great movements but it did not end with applause. Her dance would end with the body of her enemies in holes.
The second of the unique looking guards seem to be an intellectual type and he was called Tiangang. He looked weak as he wore robes of a scholar but that should not hold well in the eastern continent. With a flick of his hands, inscriptions would be created on either the ground or the air itself.
The inscriptions that he created would explode in a powerful blast of flame. Those affected would either burn to death or explode on the spot with their bodies being reduced to ashes. He did not move away from the palanquin though as he acted like a core guard near the one inside it.
Another unique looking guard of the Soul Princess is a woman wearing light green clothing with a light pink dress under it. She wields a special fan that seems to carry the wind with its movement. She is also protecting the palanquin with Tiangang as she created powerful winds that swept her enemies away.
She could even create a wind barrier just by lightly tapping on her fan. She would create wind blades with each aggressive movement of her fan which sliced the enemies into pieces. She did all this with a gentle smile and calm demeanor.
The last of the uniquely dressed guards is a beautiful woman with blue hair dressed lavishly in deep blue and purple. She wielded a staff that as a gigantic pearl on it and called upon the waves. She stayed at the back of the palanquin and aided her allies via spells that attached the water element into their weapons.
The fight against the assailants were quite easy for the guards of the Soul Princess as they have no trouble in keeping them away. The guards of the Soul Princess was about to defeat the assailants when Adrian and Levin Cloud felt their skin tingle. The item that was being kept by the fox masked individuals was taken out of its protective box.
The item that contained vast amounts of death energy was actually a cursed hand that was wrapped in cloth with sacred texts. The moment the assailants used this item, all their dead comrades suddenly reanimated. All those that they killed started to stand up to fight once more which made it a hassle to deal with.
The guards of the Soul Princess would cut their enemy down, but the magical hand would just reanimate them to their peak form. The reanimated bodies would be marked by a special paper talisman sticking in front of their head that read Jiangshi. They were none other than undead that was reanimated but the way they were reanimated was different.
"Is that even possible?! Even Creepysoo cannot restore an undead that was torn into pieces, but that item can." Kabrakan stated as that is basically cheating if they can do a thing like that.
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