Chapter 14 - A Pleasant Surprise...

It was hard to tell if it was a man or woman,

It was starring at him, he could feel the eyes of the predator threatening to rip him apart. The unknown enemy opened its mouth after looking him up and down for some time,

"gr...gr..."

all that came out of its mouth was the sound of a growling animal.

"...?!"

As the thing moved towards him, he finally saw its appearance but he was taken aback by what he saw,

It was him,

to be more specific the monster looked exactly like him, it has bent its back and saliva was dripping down from its mouth...

"What the hell is that?"

"Master"

Kapali called out for him,

Shiva looked towards him as he explained,

"It's a monster called, doppelganger it exactly copies its opponent's appearance, stats and skills the only exception is that it couldn't copy any summoning skills"

"My previous master said that many challengers give up here due to its difficulty, even though it has some skill as them, it will use best methods to maximize its effectiveness in battels"

"Master, let me take care of that"

Shiva was looking at the doppelganger, which was now locked into him, as he was observing it, a sudden thought came to his mind,

'I want to see how well it will use my strength' "kapali, you can face it but don't push yourself, your assistance is needed in upcoming levels"

"Yes, master"

Kapali took the sword and moved in front of the doppelganger Shiva, all skeletons formed a circle around them, seemingly by Shiva's command as looked at them as watching a 3D movie all he lacked was popcorn and coke.

"How dare you copy my master with your sloppy skills, your appearance is a shame to my master, I, as the first Sword of my master will bestow upon you, your punishment for that sin," said kapali while he readied himself for what to come,

Shiva's mouth was twitching as he spectated them,

'Isn't that too cringe? Ah...I was doubting at first but now it confirmed, Kapali, he is a fanatic '

"Grrr...gr..."

The monster just growled at his provocation,

Suddenly two skeleton hands rose from the ground holding onto Kapali's legs,

Kapali tried to free from it but it looked as it was not that easy and after struggling a bit he destroyed two skeleton hands with his sword and looked ahead but what greeted him was a skeleton heard, blazing with fire.

He instantly threw his sword at the skull which resulted in an explosion.

After the dust of the explosion got cleared, he could not see the doppelganger, it had disappeared,

but kapali seemed calm and took a defensive stance,

the skeleton suddenly appeared behind him with a dagger and used 'Backstab' on him.

The hit connected but the impact was much lower, it may use its skills wisely but what good would it amount to if it can't even leave a scratch.

As Shiva was thinking that, something bizarre happened,

The doppelganger took the sword on the ground and put it against its dagger, and a dark red light covered both of the items, when the light dimmed, he could see a short sword with a blue aura covering its edges,

The doppelganger once again attacked kapali, but kapali was careless and let the attack through thinking it will not affect him, but the short sword pierced through his bones cutting off his humorous bone.

Kapali's hand hit the ground with a slight thud, Shiva was shocked seeing what was unfolding before his eyes,

Previously rusty dagger, which couldn't even scratch kapali was able to cut off his humorous bone after the doppelganger used a skill,

There was only one skill that will do what the doppelganger just displayed,

"Crazy Combine!"

he shouted as he realized his mistake,

he was too careless and neglected his ' Crazy sorcerer' Class skill, even if his necromancer class was more powerful, 'Crazy sorcerer' was a growth-type class with unknown potential, he ignored the skill thinking it can't be used during the combat. he realized his mistake, he could have probably grown much stronger if he made good use of that skill,

but all these regrets could wait for another time, he regained his composure and cast the skill,

"Reanimate"

The cut off arm of kapali jointed itself to his arm as Shiva commanded,

"Finish it soon"

"As you command, my Liege"

As Kapali looked at the doppelganger in front of him a wave of immense anger surfaced inside him,

It was a Shame, A shame his pride wouldn't accept if he was in his previous life. but he was not, He was now Kapali, not the Eternal golem. But the reason for his anger was that he failed to defeat the enemy in front of his lord, he failed as the Sword of his Lord, it was his job to slice the enemies in front of his master but, he failed,

He was a lifeless golem once but his lord has given him a new life, a life in which he was not a mindless killing machine like his old self, he could now learn, learn from his mistakes but he didn't think as such, what was he good at if he couldn't even protect the one that gave him a new life, he tightened his grip of bone hands, and a resolve that was stronger than his own life was born,

'From now on I will protect my liege, without making mistakes without loosing, I will be the sword which will slice everything in his way, for I am Kapali, The Mightiest Sword of my Master'

A dark sword materialized in his hand out of nowhere, he stood his ground putting his right leg to the front and holding the sword straight to his eyes, as he said.

"Sword style of the Death Demon.."

Immense energy started getting absorbed by his energy sword...

" first move, Death Peirce.."

A flash seemed to go between him and the doppelganger, which was holding the short sword in a defensive style,

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silence ensured the room, even the rattling sound of skeleton skull stopped for a moment,

after a deep silence, the doppelganger looked down at his lower body, but...

It was not there,

There was a huge hole in its lower body, except its legs its whole body was pierced and a huge hole could be seen through its body. The doppelganger hit the ground with widened eyes as system notification rang in Shiva's eyes. buy his eyes were wide open staring at the hole created by Kapali through the doppelganger....