The Lost Castle of Euthemor

Chapter 6:The dark brothers

As he prepared to enter the next portal,the hero sensed an aura of death and darkness,similar to the one emitting from the demon chieftain's portal.Preparing for the worst,he enters the portal to find exactly what he was expecting.Dead soldiers everywhere,alongside horses and demons,and three men dressed in black robes sitting in the middle of the room,chanting.All three of them,rising from their seats,look at the unknown man and together exclaim:
"The slayer approaches,
Seeking our power,
With the heart of a lion,
And the strength of thunder.
But he will fall,
As those before him did,
For victory against the darkness,
Cannot be achieved.
Prepare,proud human,
Foolish and bold,
For the brothers of dark,
Shall claim your soul!"

Ending their speech,the men raise their hands,begin chanting loudly,and release a dark cloud from their hands,which shrouds the bodies,causing them to rise,as if they were alive,but now they were nothing more than mindless bodies,hollows of their former selves,awakened from their eternal slumber.The men then point their fingers at the warrior,prompting the dead to attack him,and the hero to ready for battle,as the horde of undead soldiers was charging blindly at him.

First,the horde surrounds the hero,and begins circling him,waiting for her moment to strike.Remaining vigilant,he senses movement and swiftly strikes behind him,slicing one of the undead,killing him.Another undead attempts to cut him down with his axe,only to be parried and killed.Two more attack,managing to pin the hero to the ground,prompting the horde to tighten her circle.The two slowly back away,and a pikeman tries to pierce the hero,but misses,and has his head chopped off shortly.Now with the horde slightly decreasing in numbers,the hero takes on the offensive.One by one,he slaughters the undead soldiers,who mindlessly swing their weapons at him,with little success other than some minor scratches on his armor.After a few minutes,the horde is broken.The last soldier attempts to kill the hero,only to have his hand cut off and die.The hero then turns his eyes on the cloaked men,who again release the black cloud,now resurrecting the demons scattered over the floor,creating a small force of 4 demons.They all charge at the hero,who proceeds to cut them down easily thanks to his enchanted sword,and moves in to end the men,who now release an even bigger cloud,which engulfs everything,resurrecting everything deceased.But alongside the soldiers,it also resurrects their leader,the paladin Luminus,who rushes to the hero's side,and prepares to join him in the fight against the massive undead horde.

Realizing that the only way to win is to kill the cloaked men,the hero points the paladin towards the horde,and requests that he distracts them.The paladin agrees,performs a warrior's bow,and charges at the undead,with his shining greatsword slicing through the flesh of the creatures of the darkness,but not without a price,as the horde charges straight at him,pinning him down and mutilating him,while he swings his sword left and right nonstop,honoring his title of the cleanser of evil.Taking advantage of his chance,the hero charges at the cloaked men,himself killing all who stand in his way,before reaching the men,killing each and every one of them,which causes the destruction of the black cloud,ending the undead horde.A dark orb emerges from each of the brothers bodies,and combine to form a ring,which the hero wears,equipping him with the ability to resist dark magic,and granting him immunity to the effects of aging and disease.

The hero,before leaving,walks over to the mutilated body of Luminus,and silently mourns him,as he places his greatsword on his hands,and prays for him to find peace in the afterlife.He then departs,heartbroken,but even more determined than ever,and prepares for the next enemy he will face.
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