Chapter 4 - The Skeleton Lord
A skeleton lounged on the cold stone throne, a bloodied crown spinning on its fingers, it had an eternal grin on its face, but now it truly felt its smile as it placed the golden crown on its head. The lord fingered a knife hidden in its ribcage.
A single elf had been completing his dungeon by herself. She seemed nervous, uncertain and unpracticed as she fought off his skeleton guards.
A solo Trialist, a Destined… Perhaps…
The Skeleton Lord looked at the woman before him. She had picked [Rogue] for his own class, that was the greatest sign of her lack of knowledge.
“You must be so confident to have picked me.”
His voice rasped and clicked, unearthly and coarse. The elf paused to hear him speak.
“Why is that the case?”
Excellent.
“Tell me did the Manager call you a pioneer?”
“Yes.”
“Well then, before we fight would you like to know a little secret about the Realm and the Trial?”
She tensed at that. The lord cursed, now that it knew she was a pioneer it wished she had chosen the [Mage] instead.
“Please.”
She tried to sound cold and confident. How perfect!
“The secret is that killing your fellow Trialists and facing challenges alone will lead to better class and skill upgrades in the future!”
She took a moment to think about this.
“And I am supposed to just believe you?”
“Believe it or not, the other pioneers are being told the same thing. But here I offer you a deal!” The skeleton lord knew this would trigger the Trial System.
| Trial Quest updated! Objectives: Kill the skeleton lord Or Take tutelage from the skeleton lord and make an oath to kill one other pioneer. Note: this decision may impact all your future trials, classes and skills may reflect this]
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