An Old Acquaintance.

Seeing a dark and gloomy house in the middle of nowhere would normally not alarm them too much, but considering that this house was basically where Ark's trail had disappeared, it would be kind of weird if it didn't ring any alarm bells. The only thing that was a little confounding was the fact that they couldn't feel the presence of any living being in the house. If that was all, it wouldn't be too weird, it would just mean that the house was empty after all. The really weird part was that they could feel an immense amount of mana lying dormant in the gloomy house. 

This could only mean a few things, with the most likely one being an undead. The only problem was that the undead didn't normally have such an immense amount of mana. Whilst the rest were still a little confused, a look of realisation appeared on Thufrat's face. He recognised this wicked mana from the time that he and Ark had been dungeon diving together, this was a lich!