THE COMING OF THE DEMON TIDE

THE COMING OF THE DEMON TIDE

"I confirm that the energy flowing into the Skeleton King is from the ground. More precisely, his magic is supplied by virtually endless energy from the graveyard", Asterix told us her observation.

"So, the Skeleton King's invincible armor comes from the magic in the graveyard?" Ratatouille asked.

"We need to break the magic flowing to the Skeleton King from the ground to defeat him", I told the Control Freaks.

"I can try", Anitor replied to me and rushed into battle without further asking.

Suddenly, the Skeleton King's body was lifted into the air by many feet. Anitor's gravity magic pulled the Skeleton into the air. Anitor thought that pulling the Skeleton King into the air would break the channel of magic feeding his recovery.

"The energy transfer to the skeleton has ceased", Asterix reported to me.

"It is working. The magic that connects to the skeleton is broken. Now we destroy whatever is in the graveyard that powers the Skeleton King", I told them.

"How do we do that?" they asked.

"With everything that we have", I replied to them.

Flames began to materialize in the air that rained down into the mass graveyard, razing everything while magical mechanical insects swarmed into the ground to hunt for the magic that reinforced the Skeleton King.

The Control Freak cast all their magic to cleanse the ground from skeletons.

"I can't hold the Skeleton King for much longer", Anitor complained to us, trying very hard to hold the Skeleton King in the air with his magic.

"The skeleton magic in the ground is not destroyed by the flame or the insects quickly enough. They could barely extinguish the magic", Asterix reported to me.

We found a way to break the chain of magic that fed into the Skeleton King, making it almost indestructible. However, we couldn't break the chain entirely.

"What can we do now?" Cassandra asked us.

The Skeleton King was using the magic from the bones in the ground to replenish himself and heal his wounds during the fight. But those bones in the ground couldn't be destroyed by fire or any of our magic, except one kind.

"Use your Malevolent, they are the only thing that can devour the bones in the ground quickly", Meera asked me.

"But the apostles are here, are you sure you want to risk letting them know about your Malevolent?" Ratatouille asked me.

I thought about the matter for a while.

There was a risk that using my Malevolent in front of the apostles would have consequences for me later, but I had no other choice. This was the only way to break the chain of magic that fed the Skeleton King.

"Summon Malevolent Slaves"

I released my Malevolent Slaves into the mass graveyard, and they quickly scoured for bones and magic. In a short time, the whole mass graveyard was wiped clean from skeleton and undead magic.

"No, you cannot break the bond of bone magic to me", the Skeleton King shouted to us suddenly and furiously after he realized what happened to the graveyard below.

Suddenly, the broken skeleton hands of the Skeleton King that trapped his opponents disintegrated. Without magic supporting him from the graveyard, his conjured skeletal hands lost their magic.

"Kill this unclean beast", the apostle shouted once they were released by the broken hand prison of the Skeleton King.

"Sword of Apostle"

The apostles fired their powerful sword beams on the Skeleton King. To our surprise, their sword beams managed to break the bones on the skeleton monster this time.

The conjurers and priests quickly fired their strongest magic on the body of the Skeleton King and as we hoped for, their magic was having an effect on him now.

Without the constant replenishment from the bone magic in the graveyard below, the Skeleton King became vulnerable. Soon, the bones on the Skeleton King were depleted and he fell to the ground.

"Is it over?" Cassandra asked me.

"It is over for the Skeleton King", I replied to her.

"Hooray, we defeated the monster skeleton", the conjurers shouted in joy.

The celebratory mood among the soldiers and conjurers in Tarah city was further uplifted by the improving weather.

"Look, the ice is defrosting", someone shouted out.

"Yes, the frost is going away", another soul added.

Soon, the whole city of Tarah was excited by the sudden retreat of magical ice from the city.

However, this wasn't something the city should celebrate about.

"This is not over for us. Look over there", Meera told us and pointed outside the city.

To our surprise, the city was being invaded.

Several large fleshy beings ravaged the land as they leapt and rolled toward Tarah city. These were the meaty monsters that were constituted from the body parts of the undead.

"Flesh Meats"

"The Flesh Meats are coming", Ratatouille told us and warned.

"If the Flesh Meats are here, the demons won't be far behind", I told them.

True to my words, an army of lesser demons appeared from the horizon as they marched toward Tarah city. In the sky, winged demons rose to usher the forces of the Demon Queen into the city.

The ice around the city was melted by the fiery heat from the creatures of Hell but the residents of the city couldn't take comfort in that. The city was being invaded by the demon army.

"Why is the demon army attacking us now?" Illiwyn asked.

"This is all orchestrated by the Demon army. The Skeleton King's appearance is probably only the first part of their plan", I told them.

"What is the demon army's plan?" Anitor asked me.

"They are using the Skeleton King's awakening to distract and weaken us. When we are in utter chaos, it would become easier for them to conquer us", I replied to him and explained the enemy's plan.

"But the Skeleton King is dead, we can man the walls of the city now with all our forces", Anitor told us as he gathered the conjurers to go to the city's defense.

"So, is everything as the Demon Queen planned?" Cassandra asked me.