Ascension of the Nephilim

Luigi's words left a chilling fear on everyone.

Everyone began to glance at each other.

"An impostor among us?!" A commander exclaimed.

"Menks. Is it possible?" Angelica asked.

Menks had an ugly expression.

"...Yes. To a vampire ancient, shape-shifting is an easy task. If he managed to kill a person, be it a Commander, Champion, or Captain, he could easily transform and take his form. Ancient Vampires should have the ability to see the memories through the lifeblood of beings. So even if we interview and torture everyone here, the impostor can easily recount the past of this person. Don't trust everyone." Menks explained.

"Then it's you! You're him!" The Commander shouted towards Menks.

"How? Of everyone here, many witnesses can state that I didn't die. I and Angelic rushed to the forefront of the battle and collapsed into the cave! If you ask me, the most suspicious ones are the Captains!" Menks turned towards the Captains.

"Us?! You betrayed Commander Tyrs! The strongest among us! How do we know if you are not been part of this plot since the start?! What if you are here to help the vampire kill us!" A Captain challenged.

"That's right!" A Champion drew his weapons and many others followed.

"Stop!" Angelica suddenly spoke as she spread her wings and caused Brute energy to appear. She was trembling. She had been immersed in the battlefield and fought through many trials. But the psychological warfare being employed in this place and the faint dark energy she had been in contact with were pushing her fears up. She instinctively stood up to defend herself against Menks.

"Why are you defending against him, Angelica?!" A Commander challenged.

"A Necromancer, I can kill! But a Vampire Ancient I can't kill alone. He can't be the traitor! If he was, he would have let us stay underground! If he is the traitor, it doesn't make sense for him to lead us out when it made more sense for us to fight and die down there!" Angelica explained.

RUMBLE! RUMBLE!

The underground cave began to quiver.

"The undead are pushing their way up!" A Commander cursed.

"...Let's move out now!"

"Wait! Assume a formation! There are monsters above this place! The Vampire ancient and the slime lord chose this place which was full of monsters to act as natural guards! He even leaked out of the darkness to corrupt the monsters and make them wild!" Menks warned.

The Commander glared at Menks.

"Commander! Listen to him! We can all kill each other later. But we have to keep analyzing our steps! Menks cannot be the Vampire Ancient. He is a traitor but he isn't our biggest problem now!" Angelica urged.

"Fine! Line formation! Menks! You take the lead. I and Angelica will be positioned at the back. Four Champions up front and two at the back. All you seven Captains stay in the middle! Move out!" The Commander rushed out.

"Everyone! State your name and rank!" Angelica called out.

"Starting with you, Necromancer! Tell us your true identity!"

"I am Dereven Menks. Commander of-"

"Introducing, Necromancer Xeretek Menks. Bonded Servant of Eldrich Charsik. He enjoys beheading mortals and creating undead summons with the corpses of those he killed. He has not one, not two, but five... five undead summons at the Champion level! Truly an exemplary necromancer of his ilk." A voice began to broadcast around them.

"What?!" Menks was stunned as he heard this.

"Servant of Eldrich Charsik?! You serve an Eldrich?!" The Commander at the back raged.

"So the Eldrich is back... my worries were true." Angelica sighed.

"You know?"

"That's why I came to these lands in the first place! But now is not the time! Menks! If you have an undead summons, bring them out now! That way we know you can't betray us!" Angelica shouted.

"Damn that slime! How did he know?!" Menks cursed as he brought out a strange small box and crushed it.

The moment the box was broken, Time/Space magic exploded out and five humanoid creatures appeared.

All of them were corpses of famed warriors whose names had become heroes within the Uninvolved regions of the Midlands.

"You! You killed Champion Thessus!"

"All the more proof that I don't serve the master of this castle!' Menks berated.

"Next up, is everyone's favorite bachelorette! Angelica Fafnir is the illegitimate daughter of Pyrekaiser Fafnir sent to the Uninvolved Lands to search for proof of the Eldrich's infiltration in the Midlands. She is a single woman who scorns her beauty because of many traumatic experiences and likes pretending to be an ugly woman."

"I'm going to kill you after this, you stupid slime!"

"Next up is Commander Derwin. Loyal soldier and friend to Commander Tyrs. But not very loyal to those serving under him. A womanizer that has slept with many wives. Even those of his champions."

"WHAT?!" Two Champions exclaimed.

"His lying!" The Commander cursed out as he heard the announcement.

"Next we have Champion Archie. A thief and a corrupt official. He is partially responsible for the deaths of Lenard, Freist, Charlie, and Aster who were blamed with numerous charges."

"What?! A thief?! Who are Lenard and those other guys?!" Archie cursed.

But unknown to him, two Captains were shocked as they heard it.

"Champion Rex is a spy of the Amberfiend Elf kingdom. He is half-human and half-elf and is tasked with the assassination of the merchant Dorex."

"I'm not a spy!"

"Whatever man, that's what a spy would say. He has an eleven engraved magic on his upper leg which gives him strength and speed. Am I right? Of course, I am!"

Rex was silenced at the words of the Slime and could not rebut.

"I don't know much about Champion Maiden Estelle. She hadn't received any wounds from the fight where I can draw out her memories. But I know that Champion Maiden Laura hates her and thinks she is ugly and gossips about her behind her back. Not cool, Laura! Laura accepts bribes by the way, and she was used by Rex to gather more information for his spy mission. At least Laura got that elven wood if you know what I'm saying. HeHe..."

Laura and Estelle's expressions turned ugly.

"You... you...!" Laura glanced at Rex angrily.

"I don't have any information about wandering Champions Northspark and Champion Maiden Meria even though they have wounds and spilled blood on the ground. But they could be my master, so..."

"This damned slime!"

"Now on to the seven Captains who are most likely to be my master, Jeffry murdered quite a few soldiers to get promoted. He uses poison as he has a secret book from a poison master. I wonder if he poisoned any of your friends? He is also skilled in throwing the blame at everyone else. I'll say this, those who were imprisoned for using Sandarite Poison were innocent. All of them."

"That! That's not true!" Jeffry shouted in panic.

But the killing intent in the air was strong that Jeffry felt a chill on his back.

"Mark is a hired kidnapper and has brought quite a few kids to the black market. Douglas tortured and killed Jeffry's wife in retaliation since Jeffry murdered that Scout captain who was secretly having an affair with Douglas. Ress is generally a good girl. If not for the fact she was blackmailed by the enemy to open the gate killing half of Commander Derwin's team."

"That's not true!" Ress shouted.

"Colin is a servant of the Necromancer Menks and has been doing his dark bidding in assassinating, planting evidence, and occasionally, making that delicious cup of tea. Colin is very good at making teas."

"Is it true?!" Mark was shocked.

"...That Slime is impressive. Colin does make a good tea..." Menks quietly murmured.

"Trek is probably the first one to die among you, sorry Trek."

"What?!"

"And Wailen is actually my master who will attack now."

FLASH!

A bright light suddenly flashed and everyone was surprised at the bright light.

Panic shouts and attacks were made as the white light flashed out.

The light was made with pure holy light that blinded everyone for a few seconds.

Everyone used their life-saving secret art or weapons to protect themselves from the flashing light.

By the time the light flashed out, Mark was beheaded and a large hole was in his chest as if something powerful punched through him and caused his innards to explode out.

Wailen had numerous wounds on his body.

Rex and Estelle made their attacks to kill him in panic.

Wailen was still shocked. His bag had exploded and everyone realized that the explosion came from his bag.

"It's.... not me..." Wailen uttered his last words before collapsing.

"And that is how you build up a good climax. I was ranting and telling truths and lies that lowered my guard. And suddenly, I ignited the flash bomb in poor, innocent Wailen's bag and the master killed Mark while everyone was distracted. Fourteen remains. Oh! And monsters are coming!" Luigi's laugh was heard.