Orion and the large group of necromancers and undead were lying in wait for the trading caravan to arrive.Vousch was beside Orion ready to order him around on a whim.
Orion was naturally nervous as he had never needed to enter combat before this.He was naturally inexperienced in the art of warfare despite having a few spells.
"They are arriving prepare yourselves."Secthir was the first to notice the incoming trading caravan.In the distance of the path there were a number of carriages surrounded by a number of guards.Orion could feel the aura of these guards and could feel that they were just ordinary human guards who couldn't use magic.Even he could take them!!!.
Not to mention Orion only needed one more death to evolve into a superior form.These people were walking offerings for him to evolve.Orion only had to make sure that he was the one to kill them.
The trading caravan continued getting closer as Orion and the others looked on.The ghouls were getting restless with hunger and were continuously twitching.The ghosts seemed desperate to feed on the vitality of living souls in order to maintain or strengthen their existence.
Once the trading caravan was within distance Secthir ordered the release of the ghouls and ghosts as well as a certain skeleton.Orion,the ghouls and the ghosts charged towards the guards of the trading caravan.The guards noticed them as the wave of undead coming from the forest was damn near impossible to miss.
The guards got into battle stances and prepared for the coming battle.They analysed the incoming enemies and assessed their abilities.
There were ghouls that had great physical abilities and accelerated healing.There were ghosts that were impervious to physical attacks and could absorb vitality from the living and required mana to exterminate.They needed the mages of the adventurers to exterminate the ghosts.There was also...a...singular skeleton.It had an abnormally strong aura and seemed to be able to use magic.
Perhaps defending themselves wouldn't be too difficult if there was a mere skeleton involved even if it could perform magic.The reaction of the guards turned out to be wrong however.
The ghouls and ghosts layed into the ranks of the guards in no time.The ghouls ruthlessly threw the guards to the ground and slit their bellies open with their claws in order to feast on their insides whilst they were still alive.Some of the stronger ghouls tore open the rib cages of the guards greedily like treasure chests.The guards who had their rib cages opened died immediately from shock.
The ghosts held the guards down and leeched off of their life energy in order to reinforce or maintain their existences.The more stable ghosts wielded spells which made short work of the guards.
Orion arrived on the battlefield and used his staff to bash in one of the heads of the guards.The guards skull immediately caved in and brain matter splattered everywhere.Orion didn't want to use a spell as he wanted to conserve mana for a possible stronger enemy instead of wasting his mana on small fry.
[10/10 deaths required for next evolution]
[requirements for evolution have been met]
[does the host want to evolve now]
[yes/no]
Orion was pleased by the announcement and immediately said no in his mind as he didn't want to evolve just yet.Who knew if the evolution was one that took time to complete.Orion didn't want to be a sitting duck for his first battle.
[acknowledged]
[all further deaths will result in increases to the hosts statistics until evolution commences]
[+13 strengh gained]
[+14 constitution gained]
[+15 agility gained]
[+13 dexterity gained]
[you have levelled up]
[+15 all stats obtained]
[new skill obtained:assessment level 1]
[new spell obtained:death claw]
Orion was hit by all kinds of notifications which made him realise that he didn't need to be the one to kill people as long as he was around he would be able to amass deaths and kills in order to evolve further.At least Orion hoped he could evolve further.He would simply have to wait and find out if he could.
Orion welcomed the sensation of his body becoming stronger.It was honestly an addictive feeling and one he could get used to.Orion immediately surveyed the battlefield and saw that things were under control he didn't even have to use his magical spells or true strengh.This was a battle unworthy of his notice.
Orion then heard an explosion and looked around to see the source of it.It came from a direction close to one of the caravans.Orion immediately became shocked as a group of far more powerful looking individuals exited one of the carriages.
They appeared to consist of mages,priests and specialised warriors.The mages and priests used fire magic and light magic respectively in order to incinerate the ghouls and dispell the ghosts existence.Orion broke out of his stupor when he saw one of the mages heading in his direction.