Tales of the Endless Empire Chapter 98: Hunting (1)

Groomash was moving through the jungle of the fifth stage. Because of his patron, he was now part of the undead faction in this tutorial. He had been hunting day and night since his arrival in the fifth stage. Now, he was more powerful than ever, reaching almost level 76. Very soon, he would et with the leaders of the undead faction present in this tutorial. The reason he hadn’t t them sooner was the sheer size of the fifth stage.

The other stages were also vast, but here one could walk for days without encountering another survivor. One reason might be that most were still in the lower stages, but he doubted that this would change much. According to his patron, the only ones missing were the humans and a few orcs, while almost all elves and vampires were here. So of the weaker vampires had stayed on the fourth stage to slow down the humans before teleporting to the fifth stage.

He erged from the jungle’s undergrowth and soon found himself standing in front of a massive black castle. How strong could those undead be? Groomash wondered as he stepped closer. A man jumped down from the wall and landed in front of him. His face had already begun to rot, and his right arm was heavily bandaged.

“You must be Groomash,” the man said with a calm voice.

Groomash nearly had to step back, feeling the power radiating from the man, particularly from his right arm. The wind grew stronger, kicking up more and more sand due to the creature’s presence.

“Yes, I am Groomash,” Groomash nodded, trying to hold himself steady.

“Good, follow . I will introduce you to your new team,” the man continued, turning around.

After walking through seemingly endless corridors, they entered a large chamber. In the center sat a woman and a vampire clad in black armor.

“These are Lucius and Cathrin, your new teammates,” the man introduced them.

“What is our mission?” Groomash asked after a slight bow to his new team. He hated being submissive, but he had no choice.

“We’re helping to map out the fifth stage and set traps for the humans,” Lucius said, standing up ready to go.

“I don’t have any skill suited for creating traps,” Groomash added in confusion.

“No need; I’ll handle most of that,” Cathrin smiled with sinister intent. “You just bring so beast corpses.”