(Book 1) The malediction of the Undertaker

Chapter 55: Blood, brave and madness

Taker and his guys walk slowly, so as not to make noise, it's so dark that he has to levitate a ball of fire to light it up a bit. They realize that they are walking on lots of bones, it stinks, there is blood everywhere, corpses, meat has even rotted. "Watch out!" Shouted a soldier who pushed Taker brutally forward before being crushed by a spider that was about to land on Taker. He casts a fire spell that burns the spider who is screaming in pain to death while Taker looks compassionately at his soldier who has just sacrificed his life for his and gets down on one knee and puts his hand on his lifeless body. "I'll take you back to the castle when it's all over, thank you for your life." He said before patting his soldier's chest before standing up. He takes his map, points to the entrance from outside the basement, and counts how many caves they will have to go down, so they have to go down 4 caves to get there until the famous door hidden by Mendal. Taker is aware that it will be difficult to find him, the basement is a maze but he is determined to find him.

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Everyone managed to enter Mendal fortress, they are fighting heart and soul, Pat is on Asgoth standing, casting spells everywhere, he looks up and can see Mendal looking out a window as he can see very well from away like a sniper with a scope; a filthy coward... thought Pat...

Anastasia sees that Diana is not watching her back, an enemy spider goes towards her, she runs towards her daughter before jumping to save her daughter from a violent death. "Mom.." Diana whispered seeing her mother saving her life, again. Anastasia picks her up and stands back to back to protect each other. "Remember, don't turn your back on a creature." Anastasia said to her daughter synchronizing their steps together.

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Taker feels like they're going around in circles in this basement, it's driving him crazy not to find the door despite the map. in all the caves where they were, many enemies awaited them. The Majesty is covered in creature blood mixed with his own blood. suddenly a large door stands in front of them. This must be the famous door... he thought. He takes out the key, puts it in the lock and opens the door.

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Mendal watches from above, the bloodshed they are doing, he is in awe that his son trained the humans hard for the sole purpose of getting them killed. Orok is behind Mendal, waiting for his master's signal to descend and wreak havoc.

Mendal sees Markus and smirks. Markus is ready to die too so... He was thinking...

"Master! they are ready to destroy the main entrance gate! what should we do?" shouted one of the soldiers who opened the door of Mendal's room harshly, he still has his back to his man who is sweating in panic. Mendal is not stupid, he knows it, he sees that they send spells to destroy the door at the same time to kill his allies. Mendal looks at his soldier, his eyes turning blood red. "Blood will spill and it won't be ours.." He said in the most evil voice smiling.

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Taker opens the door and is surprised by what's inside, everyone is surprised, he doesn't know how to react to what he sees, he clenches his fists so hard his veins are coming out of his skin, and he walks into the room looking around. There are Markus' chelicerae, Lucian's moult, a painting of Betty and other trophies from the battles of Mendal... His questions have their concrete answers now... Taker's blood boils inside him. He sees a small stone column, with light streaming through it. He takes the black book and places it on this column when suddenly a large transparent circle surrounds Taker, He raises his hand to his soldiers for not being near the circle as a shape a appears in front of him. "Hi, young Calaway..." Said a dark voice coming from the form, Taker frowns at her still in a fighting stance in case it's a trap. "Who are you ?" Asked Taker looking around him, the soldiers always remain in combat position in case behind Taker a few meters from him.

"I am the spirit that lives in this black book, the same book your father used to curse you." Said the voice. Taker may have the ability to stop the curse if he can't control it. "Do you know how to break the curse?" he asked, tightening his hand around his axe. "You only have to put together the elements that were present when your father cursed you and you only have to say the reverse formula of what your father did." Said the voice before the shape faded and disappeared into the black book, Taker frowned and put his hands on the column where the book is.

"I wasn't done yet! What elements??? Come back!" He cried angrily that the form left without saying anything, he throws the book on the floor then takes his head in his hands when a headache starts to appear. "Fuck!!!" He shouted before burning the basement out of anger, he is furious to be sure that Mendal is in fact, Lucius Calaway, his father whom he admired so much when he was little, he admired him even if he cursed him. why was he cursed? Why did he kill Lucian? Why did he leave his own son for dead in the forest? what are the elements? many questions in his head that will have answers very soon. He takes the black book with him before joining the others.