Eldritch Creature's Guide

After they arrived at the end of the tunnel, Samiel realized that they were already near the targetted location, judging by the sheer number of protective Wards that were all around them. From the look of an amateur, one could say that the people setting up the defenses here were pretty paranoid... but...

Fortunately, though, all of the defensive and even offensive wards were deactivated because they would be activated only during times of danger and that meant an imminent attack. This was, in fact, a foolish decision because if the wards were already placed, then not activating them at all times was a pretty idiotic thing to do, as they would be useless.

Normally speaking, when the wards were deactivated, then their subsequent activation would require at least several seconds, sometimes even half a minute, which was a too big window of opportunity for the potential attackers. If someone was experienced enough, he could have destroyed the wards countless times over.

Samiel noticed that these weren't any kinds of "intelligent" Wards, so that was only logical. Probably they were stylized in that way, so the traps didn't attack them, instead, when they were returning to the warehouse from the outside. Still, even if they were the most simple kind of Wards, that didn't make them any less dangerous and powerful.

"How many of ya gits da see?"

Dharzug questioned me as we were hiding behind a huge boulder which was a nice spot to hide, as Samiel was using some screening spells to confirm the exact strengths and numbers of our opposition. Right now, it is very similar to what the report from the Hall has stated, and on the inside, there were 7 Silver-Tier Professionals.

All of the Silver-Tier Professionals from the Avalon Kingdom were above Level 60, which meant that neither single one of them was weak, and judging by their equipment and Mana Wavelength, he could sense that they were pretty powerful. Mana Wavelength was something like a fingertip or DNA, something that was unique to every persona and could be used as indentificator, not to mention if someone was proficient enough; they could also be used to find out about the exact strength of the person.

Especially there were two people among the 7 Silver-Tier Professionals, that were Level 68 and Level 70, respectively, and based on the Mana they both were radiating, Samiel noticed that they had strong and powerful Classes, at least way superior to the rest of the people from the Avalon Kingdom he met.

After scouting the area and counting the enemies, Samiel summoned his Frost Death Knight Ashimer, as the Higher Undead had already reached Level 60 because Samiel had him digest the majority of the souls that he collected when he destroyed and razed to the ground the City of Torlen, week or so ago.

The influx of around thirty thousand souls was something that increased Ahsimer's Level tremendously, and aside from that, Samiel could sense that he started showing slight signs of Evolution. Naturally, it was nothing serious, but Ashimer was on the right wave to evolve to an even higher form of the Undead lifeform.

The warehouse where they were storing the weapons was a simple building, nothing special and it was not even properly protected, which was surprising on one side, but not at the same time. With the magical defenses, a contingent of the Silver-Tier Professionals and the natural enviroment, it was indeed sufficient.

Even finding this place would be almost impossible because when the snow was getting heavier, then the entrance to the underground cave systems underneath the Ironan Mountains, where they were currently located, would be very hard and challenging to find. Samiel had to admit that the Avalonian indeed chose the suitable place to be their hiding spot for the weapons and other things they were supplying to the Human Brotherhood.

If not for the captured assassin of the Black Units of the Avalon Kingdom and Jaspar de'Charetier, then even they would be totally unaware of that from where the Human Brotherhood is getting so many military supplies for their fight against the Demon Tribes.

"So, I have managed to locate the teleportation array, which they are using to deliver the supplies from whatever safe place to here. This one from the outer structure and the arrangement of the runes on the outer circle should be one way, meaning it is directly connected in the form of permanent connection to some place."

Samiel explained, not even registering that his Orkish companion didn't understand not even one-third of what he was speaking. Still, Samiel didn't pay heed to that as he continued his explanation because he was too engrossed in that aspect.

"Through this way, I would be able to deduce in which World they are producing their military equipment for the Human Brotherhood if Bishop Antigonus didn't get it from the assassin I captured and Jaspar... whatever. Dharzhug, you will go in and create a mess and attract as much attention on yourself as possible. Because you are an Ork, they will not suspect anything and probably will attack; after you kill the first attacker, they will gang up."

Samiel then started explaining his plan to the Ork, who grinned in anticipation of a good fight and slaughter. Finally, it was the time to shine and he would be going to the fight, something that he was very good in.

The thing for which Samiel was aiming for was the distraction of the opponent, and he knew that Dharzug would splendidly achieve that for him. Orks were the best experts at creating mess and chaos; they were second to none, and due to their nature, even if Dharzug right now appeared in front of the people from the Avalon Kingdom won't be really questioning how he got there.

They would assume that the Ork was simply searching for someone to fight and something to kill, and through unknown means and blessings of the Green Gods, he found his way here. Thus, they won't be dwelling on that for long before they would decide to fight him and kill the Ork.

Of course, this opportunity when everyone would be distracted would be used by Samiel who would sneak up on them and destroy the runic formations around the entire warehouse, thus essentially destroying the Wards that were here. In that way, when they learn that it was a ploy, they the Wards won't be there to support them in the fight.

"So everybody right and clear?"

Samiel asked as his Frost Death Knight didn't say anything, and Dharzug grinned happily as he gripped his waraxe "da big choppa" and started descending down from the boulder where they were all hiding, going to create the distraction, chaos and destruction in fashion only the Orks were masters of the craft.

"YA GITS COMA OUT AND FIGHT ME!"

Dharzug shouted from the full lungs at the warehouse in the Cosmos Common Language with heavy Orkish ascent, as his shouts were heard over and over in the closed cave. It didn't take even three seconds as all seven Silver-Tier Professionals from the Avalon Kingdom appeared and immediately surrounded the Ork.

Samiel could see that the seven Silver-Tier Professionals from the Avalon Kingdom were wearing heavy armor; all of them should have some Knight related Classes, especially one of them, the strongest one, who was at Level 70; Samiel sensed a Divine Aura from him.

'What luck... a Paladin of some of the Gods of Light.'

Gods of Light were predominantly worshipped by the citizens and vassals of the Avalon Kingdom; they were a weird bunch. Most of the Gods of Light, if not outright all of them, were worshipped only by the human race, and most commonly, their teachings were of human supremacy over the other species.

Thus the Gods of Light were a bunch of hypocrites and also leeches, from Samiel's point of view. Most of them were even worse than Evil Gods, not shaming from the large-scale slaughters and massacres of those whom they didn't like and saying that it was for the greater good. Yeh, the selling strategy was good, it sounded somehow nice, but it was rotten inside.

Naturally, some of the Gods of Light were strong, like very strong Gods, and Samiel was warned by the Hall Master Menuhyutt to be wary of some, and on the top of the list was the God of Light, who was told to be the strongest, rivaling to those like Azathoth as he stood on the same footing.

His name was not to be spoken lightly as he was one of 'Them', the God of Light, Creation, Holiness and other trillion things over which he had Divine Authority. One of the strongest Transcendental entities in the entire existence and even saying their name was very dangerous and could bring calamity.

What Samiel sensed was, the Silver-Tier Paladin in front of him was probably a Paladin of the Silver Crusade or the Most Holy Paladin Order of the Silver Crusade of Divine Light, which were the Paladins who swore to the protection of Yahweh's religion.

Most Holy Paladin Order of the Silver Crusade of Divine Light was not under the rule or anything of the Avalon Kingdom, though their main headquarters was located in one of the Worlds under the Avalon Kingdom, probably in the Avalon itself, which was a Principal World. Due to their strength, which was rumored to be on the same level as the Holy Templar Order of the Hall of Kadath, they were one of the biggest and strongest sub-factions within the Avalon Kingdom.

Among the Gods of Light who were worshipped across the Cosmos and in myriads of Worlds, Menuhyutt told him that approximately 35% of all of them were, in fact, Divine Avatars of the Yahweh, so the God was extremely strong, and because of that, all of his followers were monsters on the battlefield.

'He should be Paladin Squire... full-fledged ones are at least Initial Legendary Level as the Silver Crusade, still fighting him won't be easy... he is close to the Gold-Tier, not to mention as the Squire of the Silver Crusade he should be very powerful for his Tier... hmm... I think this would be a suitable time for the Scourge to take place.'

Samiel's plan regarding the Paladin Squire of the Silver Crusade was relatively simple. He planned for Dharzug to fight against the human Professionals and probably kill some of them. Not to mention, this would allow Samiel to see the extent of Dharzug's power because never before had he seen the Ork going all out.

Certainly, depending on the progress of the battle, Samiel planned to release all of his and Ashimer's Undeads on the weakened human Professionals in the battle-formation and tear them to shreds. In regard to the Paladin Squire, he was prepared to lose a significant part of his Undead Army because the Undeads were especially vulnerable to the Holy and Light Eleklements that the Paladin Squire was proficient in.

This was a serious miscalculation of his, and a serious lack of information from the Hall of Kadath because nobody would think that the Most Holy Paladin Order of the Silver Crusade of Divine Light would send one of its Paladins-in-training to such an insignificant place such as the 8th Floor of the Tower.

Though on the other hand, this proved how much the Avalon Kingdom cared about the situation here and caused the Demons as high losses on their side as possible. To the point where even the ever-arrogant Silver Crusade joined the fray. Normally tasks like these are far under the standards of the Knight Orders as Silver Crusade or Holy Templar Order, but yet, here we are.

Samiel observed from a safe distance how one of the heavily plated knights rushed at the Ork, who gripped his waraxe and, too ran at the incoming heavy-armored Silver-Tier Knight. The human Silver-Tier Knight Professional slashed at the Ork with his sword, to which Dharzug dodged rather effortlessly, despite his huge bodybuild, and with one slash of his waraxe, he severed the right hand of the Silver-Tier Knight Professional, causing the blood to spurt all around as the man screamed in pain.

"Weak trash ye git!"

Dharzug angrily screamed as he hacked his waraxe at the man and split his skill apart, leaving the corpse falling onto the ground as his brain flowed out together with liters of blood. Other Silver-Tier Professionals from the Avalon Kingdom watched this in disgust because the Orkish fighting style was extremely brutal, bloody and full of gore.

This even further agitated the rest of the Silver-Tier Knight Professionals as soon as another two of them rushed at the Ork, to which Dharzug became more vigilant and started using more of his power. When the first Silver-Tier Avalonian attacked him, it was a clear underestimation of Dharzug's power.

Apparently, the death of their companion triggered something in them, and right now, they started taking him seriously, even though only two of them attacked Dharzug simultaneously, hoping to catch him off guard, as suddenly wave of green energy burst out of his body, covering him like a shield.

In a split of second, he blocked one of the incoming attacks, the sword that was heading towards his head from the right side; at the same time, he moved his body towards the Silver-Tier Professional attacking him with a sword, grabbed his left hand, and threw him at the another Silver-Tier Professional who was to his left.

Instantly he hacked with his waraxe "da big choppa" at the Silver-Tier Professionals of the Avalon Kingdom, who were defenseless, only for his incoming axe attack to be intercepted by another Silver-Tier Professional, who appeared in front of Dharzug as he blocked the strike with his shield.

This immediately enraged the Ork because in their culture, the duels between people were considered sacred, and intervening was one of the most despicable things that one could do. For the Orks, as simple species they were, they solved all of their problems or disputes during the combat and through duels.

Because of that, they viewed outside interference in the duel that was already going on as dishonorable, non-Orkish behavior and hated it. And Dharzug, who was the Holy Apostle of one of the Green Gods, was probably even worse than that because he had to uphold the teaching of the Green Gods.