Chapter 824: New Receptacle

Chapter 824: New Receptacle

Pov of a cultist:

I came back two days later carrying a metal casket, luckily they managed to create Kimera very quickly, but I made sure I followed through to make sure every step was being taken seriously.

I didn't see who the Black Market Alchemist was since he was wearing a mask, but his assistants were all slaves with purple Runes all over their bodies, clearly under a powerful curse engraved on their bodies by these Runes.

The process was something I had seen before, they used a child who was a slave, just as the Lord of Shadows requested this child had Pure Affinity with the Shadow element and high Affinity with magic, unfortunately, they did not find a boy, but as the gender did not it was on the Shadow Lord's roster requirements, so it should suit any gender.

The young girl was a Demon, as requested her heart was replaced with that of a Rune, her eyes were changed with the eyes of a High White Elf, and her blood was drained replacing it with the Blood of a pure Vampire bloodline and a Phantom Orb was placed inside his body.

I was scared when the girl's body started to reject the various procedures, but I was impressed by how the Black Market Alchemist was able to keep everything under control and finish off the Kimera, the girl's mind is basically broken by the pain of everything that has happened it passed leaving her more like a murderous beast, but none of that matters as her body will be taken over by the Lord of Shadows soon.

I carry the metal coffin containing Kimera through the sewers and through the Illusionary barrier created to hide the hole we made to get to the secret room.

The secret room was built using the base of a natural cavern that was where the Cursed Dungeon originated, a place that was used to bury death row inmates centuries before this city was built on top of the remains of the ancient city that once stood here.

As soon as I arrived in the room I see a blood tornado connecting the floor to the ceiling with two large ritual magic circles one on the ceiling above the blood tornado and the other on the floor below the blood tornado, there were also dozens of magic circles floating around the room tornado swirling around him.

From the location inside this tornado must be the entrance to the Cursed Dungeon, I was only a little surprised by this turn of events, but I soon started looking for the Lord of Shadows.

"I am here." (Lord of Shadows)

He appears beside me before I know it, his body can no longer be recognized as that of a child, he has no eyes, no ears, and one arm is missing, his skin is dark gray and full of cracks, and his body is thin with her skin stuck to her bones, the few wounds I can make out on her body that looks more like a corpse, weren't bleeding, I doubt there's even a drop of blood left inside her body.

"< Activate >" (Shadow Lord)

Ahhhhhh! Haaaaaa! Ggrrrrr!

Purple and dark energies pour out of the Shadow Lord's body and shadow entering the tornado of blood that glows brightly as what's left of the Shadow Lord's body crumbles away leaving only a shadowy figure behind.

Crack Crack Crack

Soon sounds of cracking and breaking began to sound as a mist of miasma began to spread around the surroundings.

When the energy stopped flowing from the Lord of Shadows to the tornado, then the shadow that holds the outline of a person stretches its shadow arm towards the Kimera pulling it.

The Kimera disappears into the shadows that have started to diminish, and little by little the body becomes visible again as I see the shadows coming in through her mouth, ears, nose, and eyes until there is no shadow left.

Kimera's body struggled for a few seconds while floating in the air while her hair changed to red, and her horns turned black, then she lands on her feet when she opens her eyes it looks more like the eyes of a person with the red iris.

"Not as comfortable as the old body, but still good, too bad my strength has become more limited in this body." (Lord of Shadows)

He looks at the still swirling tornado of blood and then looks at me again.

"This ritual will take three days, we have to get what we need by then, let's go." (Lord of Shadows)

I rise from where I've been kneeling and follow the Shadow Lord outside.