Trapped Undead

Meanwhile, inside the throne room, Alphonse is stuffing his face with various foods to feed upon his greed. However, it can only feed his stomach, but not his greed for power and riches. When he realized his skill Absolute Order, he used it to bring Valtuz on its knees that was once a financially struggling city and quickly rose to power.

When he saw Zaneth's activities, instead of ridding him, he came into an agreement that he will support Zaneth and his men as long the Ergex and Noltia kingdom doesn't know about this for as long as possible. If they know, he'll lose everything and be executed.

"I must take over cities and villages in order to gain more power. Though small, but it's one way to get stronger as a noble, to get richer. Soon, I will live in prosperity and power!" Alphonse thought ferociously.

"Lord Alphonse, Zaneth's lieutenant named Eirda has arrived." one elderly man said, bringing Alphonse out of his thoughts. Alphonse turned to the elderly man.

"Bring him in." Alphonse said. The guards then opened. A person with armor of leather and fur of a Black Wolf. The person with dark purple hair with ears similar to a Fox.

"What brings you here, Eirda?" Alphonse asked as puts his arms behind his back to show a bit of elegance.

"Yo, Alphone! Got any problems? I hear that those guys down there are giving you problems!" Eirda called out.

"I've put them in their place thanks to my skills and scare tactics that if they do it again, there will be mass executions. Which I wish to avoid because I need more people to tax and recruit. If the people became too few, I gain less money and manpower." Alphonse replied.

"That's true, but I got a problem on our end." Eirda said. "My men when it came to Grundel, Fredrick, and Arzus are not back yet, we sent them 4 days ago and no word came from any of them. Any clue?"

"I am busy with my own set of problems. Especially, that is your problem for you to deal with." Alphonse dismissed Eirda's concern.

"True on that. My guys managed to convince Zaneth to get the bull to have it rampage on some villages. If we lose it, he'll lose his shit. You don't see bulls like that in Noltia's territory." Eirda shrugged.

"Of course, your clan's services are appreciated." Alphonse sighed.

"You know...once you make your move, it's a one way trip and goes both ways. You either win big or die trying." Eirda warned, turning his cheerful tone to a serious tone.

"I am well aware of it." Alphonse said. Eirda switched back to his playful self.

"Good, then..." Eirda began to talk, but sees a white glow behind Alphonse. Alphonse looked at his golden ring showing a bright white light and his eyebrows raised in shock.

"It's an undead. It's here!" Alphonse yelled. "The artifact, Beltian!"

Beltian, who is an elder ran towards Alphonse, gave him a silver staff with bright white gemstone.

Eirda's ears twitched and looked up to see a black mist flying towards them.

"Hey, it's a Dark Wraith! Watch yourself!" Eirda yelled.

"SHAAAAA!" The wraith hissed at Alphonse as it barrels towards Alphonse

Alphonse wielded the silver staff and clenched it tightly. The wraith raised its elongated skeletal claw and swipes at Alphonse to kill.

*SHIIIING!*

"GYEEEEEEK!!" The wraith screams and shields its face from the magical light. Its transparent body materializes the moment it's exposed, preventing the wraith from phasing through objects.

*Slam!*

The door slams open and 5 guards ran into the throne room.

"Lord Alphonse! We heard a scream!" one of the guards yelled. And sees a wraith fly by them, knocking them down.

"It's a wraith! Kill it while it's tangible!"

"Filthy undead...you won't get away!" Alphonse declared and slammed his staff down, erecting a white barrier surrounding his entire building.

The wraith zooms across the rooms and hallways in order to escape, but its escape is hindered by the magic that is baneful to its constitution. Its regeneration from the burning hand is working, but hindered considerably.

Once it reached the lobby, 6 guards stand in front and pointed their spears and swords at it. It fired a Tier II Dark Spell, Shadow Wave, but the results are much more inadequate. However, it did distract them.

The wraith slipped through the guards and exited the front door, only to crash into a magical white wall with the same property that hurt it greatly.

"GYEEEE!!" The wraith screams in agony as the baneful magic burns its necrotic being.

*Sssss....*

When it regained it senses, it looked around to see that the entire building and the walls surrounding it is protected by a barrier meant to ward off Undeads, Dark-Type monsters, and some low-level Hellkins.

"GYAAAAAAAA!!" The wraith screams in rage and frustration that any possible escape and the guards ran towards it to kill it permanently.

"The barrier is fully enclosed, it has no way to escape." the guards said confidently, smiling that the wraith is just a simple undead.

Little did they know, that this Dark Wraith won't go down so easily.

*Slash!*

The wraith slashes its claw at one of the guards, deeply cutting his throat and spraying blood shortly after.

"SHAAAAAH!!" The wraith hissed at them ferociously, stating that it will fight until its very existence is extinguished.