95 Chapter 95: Master slave pac

He was still flexing his new found capabilities until the deep, menacing voice of the shadow lurker brought him back to reality. "Little master... As per our agreement, it is time for you to open the passageway to the underworld... " The shadow lurker said. Hearing this, Derik dared not keep the magnificent level 60 magic beast waiting. Taking off his limiters, a shockwave ensured around him and a pillar of darkish purple aura engulfed him. All the hair on his hair also took the color of his aura and multiple ancient darkish purple texts appeared all over his body. His eyebrows were replaced with darkish purple flames and his purple fiery eyes burned so fiercely, it looked like it would consume anyone in his sight. He took a few steps forward and threw his hands up into the empty air and shut his eyes. For a minute there was silence and the next shrieks and cries emanating from the corpses of all twenty four peak grade bronze level warriors and mages laying around. Barely visible gray white mists escaped the bodies of these corpses, gathering around Derik and forming a mini cloud at first before entering his body through all the openings in his body. While this happened Derik trembled greatly and the darkish purple aura around him intensified and the purple flames burning in his eyes intensified. "Good... Good!... Very good kid!" Demos exclaimed in Derik's mind as it watched Derik draw power from the presence of all twenty four corpses on the field. Derik's body began to tremble and he suddenly clenched his fists in pain, black veins kept popping out all over his body and his skin turned pale. It looked like his body could not contain the amount of power it had at this moment. "Death magic: Accursed gates of the underworld!!! " Derik roared and slammed his hands on the ground aggressively The ground in front of Derik split in two and darkish purple flames poured out from the hole, a massive 30 meter long gate slowly started emerging and during this process, Derik's body trembled. It has only been thirty seconds since he cast the spell yet only a quarter of it had emerged. At this point, Derik's body was covered in sweat as he battled the unknown force of nature trying to pull back the gate into the abyss. It was obvious that the power behind the suction force that seems to pull the gate of the underworld back into the ground didn't want it to enter here. "Is that it?" Derik laughed with his hands clasped together! His eyes quivered and his body trembled as he roared! A stream of blood trickled down his nostrils and eyes as the gate was forcefully pulled out of the ground. The continued for over a minute and this time only half of the gate has been pulled out. At this point, he realized that the difference between realms is much greater than the difference between grades in realms which could easily be crossed by some external factors. He could tell that if this should continue, he won't be able to pull out the gate before he runs out of juice and he dared not think of disappointing the level 60 shadow lurker. "Silver level secret combat technique: Shriek of the dead!" Instantly a darkish purple torrent of death energy poured out of Derik's body and shot straight into the sky. The darkish purple aura clustered together and took the form of a skeleton only from waist up. This time Derik noticed his avatar created with his aura now possessed more details. Unlike before when it was just a cluster of darkish purple aura which took the form, this one looked like a separate entity on its own. It looked more realistic and with each movement, it made loud shrieks and cries resonated from its boney joints. At the center of the two dark openings at the eye sockets of the skull were two fiery purple flames which served as its eyes. The aura of this being which Derik had called upon was now different, it felt like this being possessed its own domain in which everything caught within the domain is suddenly assualted by endless cries and shrieks of the inhabitants of the underworld, disrupting their focus and potentially driving them insane. For Derik and the shadow lurker, as both were linked to the power of death, this domain surprisingly had a soothing effect on them. It made their minds clearer and allowed them to analyze the situation at a much faster rate. Now that Derik had taken the step forward and has broken into the low level grade of the bronze realm, his abilities have gone through earth shaking changes that even exceeded his expectations! "Go!" Derik roared and his avatar let out an ear piercing cry before turning into a purple beam of light, shooting towards the accursed gate of the underworld. Upon arrival, the avatar returned to its initial form and grabbed the massive gate with its boney hands. The ground trembled greatly as Derik and his avatar combined their strength and began pulling out the massive gate. This process took another minute but it was finally done. The 30 meter tall gate stood gallantly surrounded by darkish purple flames. The gloomy aura the gate radiated withered away all living things about a thousand meters around it. "I must say, little master... I'm impressed " The shadow lurker's voice resonated from behind as it slowly slithered towards the gate with a cheerful expression on its hideous face. It turned its attention to Derik for a while and spoke again. "As per our agreement, I will serve you if only you are able to grant me access to the underworld... Now, Your part of the bargain has been met... Its time I fulfill mine" The shadow said. With its massive claws, it carved a circle on its chest and drew two triangles facing two opposing directions inside the circle. Black blood trickled down the wound and the symbol drawn on its chest suddenly lit up. A transculent darkish purple chain shot out of the symbol and penetrated Derik's chest. He felt like his mind was been linked to that of the beast and he could effortlessly communicate without uttering a word. He could sense the shadow lurker's emotions and could understand its hidden desires."Congratulations on acquiring your first master-slave pact... Young Derik" Demos laughed in his mind. "You did real good kid" He saidDerik was pale and his body seemed emaciated. Truly, using a silver level spell with the cultivation base of a bronze realm mage is not something advisable. He could have sworn that he would have died if not for his werewolf sides healing factor and the pleasant gloomy energy that sipped out of the gate which was replenishing his lost strength. He could only smile weakly and contact the shadow lurker with its mind, asking it to help him enter the gate.The shadow lurker nodded and slithered back and carried Derik and returned to the gate. They watched the gate slowly open and when it was done, a devastating wave of death aura poured out. This time, everyone in the moonlight forest felt it! Multiple roars and howls echoed all over the forests as all the monsters in the forest were corroded by the death aura and all went berserk! In just mere seconds all the lush vegetations of the moonlight forest were corroded by this undiluted power of death and the once mesmerizing moonlight forest turned into an arid wasteland. Derik who was closest to the towering gates of hell regained about twenty percent of his power in just mere seconds. His body returned to normal and his complexion brightened a bit. Not needing the support of the shadow lurker again, he stood on his own feet and walked into the gates of hell with the shadow lurker following closely behind oblivious of the calamity he had brought upon the land by summoning the accursed gate of the underworld in the land of the living! All expedition troops from the four kingdoms in the continent struggled desperately to defend against the death aura that threatened to corrode their minds, while they did this, they could spot numerous high level beasts approaching. As these beasts have lost their sanity and are no different from undead monsters, they could spot living beings miles away! On this very day, the expedition troops of all four kingdoms put aside their thoughts of conquering the dungeon and put all their strength in battling the crazed beasts of the moonlight forest! There was no way they were going to let these abominations leave the moonlight forest alive! Meanwhile, only the expedition troops of the Gyro kingdom had an idea of who is responsible for the change. The mission was only meant to get difficult when they enter the dungeon but now, even Cyrus and other members of Derik's formal team were forced to fight for their own survival as well! "The kid actually managed to open the gate... Damn!" Gerald said with a bitter smile on his face as he watched the chaos around him.... The doors of the massive gate closed tightly behind them before vanishing! The sky was dark and dark clouds prevented any form of light to penetrate this dark land, but strangely Derik could see just fine. From where he stood, he could see mountains made of piles of bones of the deceased. The gate simply dropped them off on an arid and desolate land without any form of civilization in view. Behind them was an endless green colored sea which reeked of death. Surprisingly none of these things actually bothered Derik, in fact, he felt comfortable here. The aura here was intoxicating and it felt conducive for cultivation! He was pretty sure if he focused his training here, he would reach the silver realm in less than a year. He started considering the thought but then purple thunder struck from the dark clouds hovering above them and a figure appeared. His black and purple slick hair looked so amazing that Derik felt envious of this man. He wore a black and purple garment with ancient runes on them. Beside him was a mighty scythe which looked so dope and powerful that he wouldn't last a second against this weapon that seems to have a mind of its own. Looking at the shadow of this man standing in mid air, Derik could see the shadow of a majestic pair of wings but this was not visible on the body of this being. Demos! A smile appeared on Derik's head as he walked forward lazily considering what to say to this angel of death who has been residing in his mind. "Yooo! Demos, Why don't I spend some time here and train... I'm sure my cultivation speed in this land will be outstanding! I'm pretty sure I'll make it to the silver realm in less than a year" Derik laughed. Demos smiled and majestically descended to the ground first before speaking. "Even I wish that is possible but things do not always go the way we want... You may possess a link to the element of Death but in the end... You are still human... If you spend too much time here... Your body and mind will corrode and you will lose your sanity... The only reason you are even able to stand in this realm in that mortal body of yours is simply because of your control over the element of death... Your time here is limited so I suggest you reclaim your lost strength now" Demos said. Hearing this Derik felt disappointed "Isn't there a way I can fix this and prolong my time in this realm?" Derik asked. "Get stronger... The higher your realm the stronger your connection with the forces of death becomes... By that time, the time you can spend in this realm will also increase... There are other ways but I'm not allowed to disclose such information... You will have to find out yourself " Demos laughed. "I see..." Derik said and sat down with his legs crossed. He noticed that the shadow lurker had already curled itself up into a ball meditating so he decided not to bother it. He then shut his eyes and began absorbing the infinite death aura around."Get yourself ready... You will be returning to the moonlight forest... We will be claiming whatever is in that dungeon for ourselves" Demos said with a flash of greed in his eyes and a crooked smile appeared on his face as he watched Derik meditate