Lord of the Dead: A LitRPG Saga (The Eternal Journey Book 2)

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by C. J. Carella


  Thirty-Five

  The statue room was barely big enough to accommodate everyone, but Hawke moved all the groups there anyway. They weren’t going to stay there long, and the Volunteers would be safer inside than out in the open. He doubted the Necromancer’s minions would follow them into a Labyrinth.

  “Our team and Korgam’s will make the next room entry,” he said. “After that, we’ll see. I would like to help level up the new Adventurers, too, but I think sixteen people is a bit much to bring into a chamber.”

  “Some encounters in a Labyrinth or even a Dungeon can require large numbers to overcome,” Korgam warned. “Let us see what awaits us next before making a decision.”

  “Good point. Did anybody else take the Restore the Seals Quest?”

  Egg, Gosto, Nadia and Taggan were the only ones who had been offered the quest. It must be a spellcaster-specific mission, Hawke supposed, and with a minimum level requirement. The five of them gathered around the diamond-shaped tile on the floor. It appeared to be made of simple stone, and was rather plain beside the engraved patterns on its surface. They were very intricate, the kind of thing that would have required computer-guided lasers back home.

  “Anybody heard of the Hierarchs of Order?” Hawke asked, wishing he had invested a few more points into the Lore Skill.

  “Only what the Quest mentioned,” Nadia said, and she had a higher Lore than he did.

  Saturnyx admitted, surprising Hawke. The sword seemed to be knowledgeable in just about every subject related to the Realms.

  “Some ancient legends mention them,” Egg said. “Dating back from Second Ragnarök. The Hierarchs arose in the Realm of Strife, commonly known as Valhalla in the Northern Tongue, a place where the forces of Order and Chaos are in continuous conflict. The holy order served no gods but instead followed the Maker known as the Architect.”

  Sounds like someone who wouldn’t care for the Laughing Man, Hawke thought.

 

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