Divinity: Against the Godly System

" We can only find the answers after catching the Black Skeleton King. We have sealed the whole city. We should get to search. The longer that thing stays free, the more people it will kill," Ryder let out as he stood up.

" Wait! I want to help with this! I created so much trouble for you because of someone else's trap! I want to clear the dirt and free the name of the Undead Region! Tell me the location!" The Vampire King called out.

"Alright. High Duke Eston, please bring the Vampire King to Devilia's Palace. The more people we have for this, the better. We're dealing with a Duke Level Threat after all," Ryder said as he nodded his head.

"We are going to begin the search on our own for now. You can inform High Duke Mila after you get here. We'll create an opening in the barrier and help you enter after you get here," Ryder let out as he stood up.

"It shall be done," High Duke Eston replied as he nodded his head.

High Duke Mila waved her hand, disconnecting the connection. The visuals disappeared, and the mirror returned to normal.

High Duke Mila stood up and walked up to the mirror. She touched the mirror with her fair fingers, making it disappear.

"Let's begin the search. We're searching for an Undead King, so your guards can't do anything to stop him. Only Rale and High Duke Mila are effective against him completely. The guards will just be cannon fodder, but at this point, we can't handle this without them. We need to use the guards and form a net all around the city. Their goal won't be to kill the Black Skeleton King but only to find him. We also need a way to find out if one of those guards is killed so that we can get there. Can we do that?" Ryder asked Devilia in curiosity.

"There is a way. There is a spell that can connect a person to the guards, but I can't cast it. Only a High Duke has enough Magic to link to the thousands of the guards in the city," Devilia replied as she talked about a way. She said that she couldn't cast the spell, but High Duke Mila could cast this spell.

Ryder looked back at High Duke Mila.

"Do you know about this spell, and can you cast it?" Ryder asked High Duke Devilia.

"Yeah, I do know of that spell, but I don't think it would be good for me to cast it," High Duke Mila said with a concerned look on her face.

"When I cast that spell, my mind will be linked to thousands of Minds. I wouldn't be able to do anything more than see what the guards are seeing. When I'm in that condition, if the Black Skeleton King attack is, I wouldn't be able to save you," High Duke Mila said as she sighed. She told Ryder her concerns, which were his safety.

"How about we wait till Eston is here? I can freely cast it after he's here since he'll be able to keep you safe," she suggested.

"No. We can't wait. We need to start now. The more we delay, the more people that Black Skeleton will kill. That is an Undead King. That thing was already dangerous, and now that he's trapped in a bubble, he'll be even more dangerous. Also, even though I believe that your barrier can keep him inside, it's still better to be fast. No barrier can last under a constant barrage of attacks for eternity. If the Black Skeleton King managed to break the barrier, it'd be worse," Ryder replied.

Even though he talked about this, his main concern was entirely different. There was another reason he wanted to start now, but he didn't tell High Duke Mila.

The reason had something to do with something he had realized from the portrait of the black Skeleton King that he saw. He didn't tell anyone about this, and he wasn't willing to, but he had noticed something. The Black Skeleton King had something that he needed. A very rare thing that he couldn't wait to get his hands on

" But what about your safety? If I do this, who will keep you safe? You know that keeping you alive is a bigger priority than anything else right now. We need to keep you alive as you have become a foundation of our Empire now," High Duke Mila said, shaking her head.

Ryder couldn't help but smile wryly. He knew that her concerns were valid, as well.

"Rale will protect me from the Black Skeleton King. You know his strength, right?" Ryder asked High Duke Mila as he smiled.

High Duke Mila looked towards Rale.

Only Ryder and the High Dukes knew about Rale's true strength. When Rale stopped controlling his strength and removed his limiters, he was much stronger than he normally was.

Everyone else thought that Rale was as strong as a Duke of the Demon Realm, but High Dukes and Ryder knew his real strength. They all knew that Rale was much stronger than that. Rale's strength was way more than a Duke. He was only a little weaker than a High Duke when he wasn't hiding his strength.

"That's assuming the Black Skeleton King is as strong as a Duke. We also need to consider the fact that he might be stronger. It's also possible that he's working with someone else. If he's working with someone else, then that might be dangerous. When Rale and I are together, we can take care of anything, but if I'm out of the equation, then I don't think it will be safe. I highly oppose this idea," High Duke Mila said as she shook her head.

She wasn't only concerned about the Black Skeleton King, but what his arrival meant. 

There was a good chance that the Death Domain was working with them. If the Death Domain had more pieces in their city, then she couldn't let his attention be diverted at all. She wasn't willing to agree. Ryder's safety was more important.

'Sigh, it doesn't look like she will agree. Her intentions are right, but she isn't understanding. I can use my token of command to make her do any one thing for me, but to make her do this would be a waste of that token that I'm given. I don't want to do this,' Ryder thought as he sighed.

"Are you really not going to listen to me?" Ryder asked High Duke Mila.