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All the people are on edge but when their leader nods and turns back around they put distance between us. I am almost surprised he didn't offer to team up but I guess he also realized I would likely kill them if they tried to screw me, they probably will take a wait-and-see approach.

Scanning the crowd once more I detect someone with massively different properties and pick him out as the secret undead. he wears a cloak to hide his features but even so, most people are giving him a wide berth. the necromancer somehow has taken this body and using it as a puppet to mislead and sabotage people seeking the treasure. he does this for tons of reasons, he wants it for himself and Paglio has been gone awhile so he thinks he can get away with stealing it. another is he is consuming the souls to try to make a way out, which he will take the treasure out through that escape hole.

"How do you want to go about this? if we let them go first so they don't track us then they might set off one of those self-destruction traps you told me about." she whispers standing beside me, no one can hear her but me since she not only is talking quietly but also I isolated us with my domain. anyone who knows domain they likely understands what I am doing but the strongest here is mid great demon king so she won't have experience with a domain other than maybe other people.

"When it opens we will go first, I will be able to negate most of the traps if I can see them and once we pass them I will turn them back on. this way when they rush to follow they will either die or be teleported away. anyone who tries to stick close to us I will just blast away. no reason to complicate it when they can't do anything to me, we will just take a casual walk through and I will look for all the traps, can't go too fast or I might miss one. any self-destruction ones I find I will get rid of so they can't trip it if they get that far." she nods and we both get comfy.

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You know, if I wasn't worried about a paranoid dragon's self-implosion runes I would just dig a hole straight to the treasure. but then again I think I remember a teleportation array that took them to a farther place. curiously I scan and don't feel anything below other than a few winding tunnels. realizing this is pointless I grab Delia making her jump, startled she looks all around and finally looks at me tilting her head.

"What are you doing?" as she looks down at where I grabbed her I teleport both of us straight into the tunnel that I can detect the most runes in. arriving I make sure she doesn't move and double-check before walking with her into it and being sent somewhere far away.

-- Casillas POV --

"Where did they go?!" we all run around looking for the two who just disappeared in a shine of light. it was almost like the demon god smote them and didn't even leave ashes behind.

"They seemed to have been teleported, I was observing them and then the male named Nova grabbed ahold of his companion and they both disappeared." where did they go? why come out here if they were just going to leave? he was powerful so what did he fear?

"Boss! you don't think they went inside do you?" What?! no way that's possible, my father said the traps and defenses here were a problem for him and he is a mid-demon emperor. if they could just go straight in they must be demon overlord and why would he have wasted so much time out here, to begin with?! and if he knew about the place why is he only coming here now, or better yet has someone already been through here like he supposedly did?

"Quickly let's go through it's weakened enough to go through if we use some spirit power together! we can't miss this opportunity!" if we miss out on treasure I will be very angry and just slaughter the whole lot of these fodders.

"Hmmmmm." what the heck is this guy's problem, something is up with his eyes. I walk past the odd-cloaked man and head straight for the door.

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"Three questions, those that answer correctly can enter. those who answer incorrectly this place till self destruct in ten minutes." the sleeping dragon statue said, The corpse necromancer is right behind this door and the moment it opens I will use god eating mask to devourer anything he has setup in advance. then I will use territory to suppress him and make him a subordinate, whether that is a devil or signing a contract I don't mind.

"What is the name of the scariest female lunatic in the world. no more than ten words, answer in ten seconds!"

"Zola." the story's of the poison dragon gives him ample reason to fear her, makes me dread meeting her a bit.

"Zola, Correct!" the stone dragon answers with a hint of fear.

Delia on the side gives an odd look behind her veil as she looks at the statue then back at me. its very realistic for a statue almost like a AI. I will study it later to learn how to make auto reception or something similar.

"Who is the most handsome and powerful and also cunning and handsome to all female dragons in the world? ten seconds answer or get blown up!"

"Paglio." I answer while crossing my fingers, just incase this is recorded for later Delia is my witness of the holy finger cross.

"Paglio, Correct!" the pride practically radiating of the rock.

"Last question! who did Paglio see first when he hatched, his father or his mother." this is one of the reasons I feel like Paglio's a pretty pitiful guy.

"Eggshells." when he first hatched all he saw was eggshells, never got to meet his parents. later he learns they died in combat with the holy dragon in the human world.

"Eggshells, Correct!" the dragon statue slides back revealing a staircase. I equip the god eating mask and lead the way incase of an attack.

We make it down and then we see the massive mountain of black crystal coins and other loot, its truely a treasure trove. a dark mist like form appears floating in the middle of the room. not giving it time to talk or scheme I activate Devourer and cancel it once it dipped in power enough to almost dispel.

"Wait!" the smog calls out as I scan the room for its soul container, when I feel it I pull it over to the despair of the necromancer. "Please, wait!" I pull out a Phenex tear and hover it over the container and prepare to end him should it be necessary, rebirth is poison to his kind.

"Speak quick." the fog sighs and reforms into a body.

"I will pledge myself to your services if you allow me to live and leave this place, you obviously know about this place so I cant really hide anything from you." I nod and pull out a bishop piece, no body to give the black potions to so he doesn't get them.

"Say you agree to be my bishop." with no complaint he instantly agrees and the piece actually goes to the container instead of the fog.

The container changes shape and color and is soon a glowing red bishop the length of a forearm. the fog stabilizes and even regenerates flesh and Guradam starts laughing like a maniac. I hand him his soul container since he cant betray me any way and pull up his stats.

[ Guradam - Royal corpse king

Peak demon emperor

traits:

Immortality

Soul container

Resurrection

Command undead

Dark

Devils soul ]

"This?! this is so much freer! I feel so full of a foreign power that is my own somehow?!" while my new bishop has a spaz attack I pull all the treasures into my inventory in a flash, minus what's in the little pond of fountain of vitality. with this fountain, I have two of the three and can improve my recipes, but the real treasure is at the bottom of this liquid.

I pull the Shield piece from the bottom quickly and without disturbing the silver case resting at the bottom. handing it over to Delia she holds it with shaking hands, then she hugs it and it lights up bonding with her. I keep the case in the corner of my eye, this can be a windfall or my downfall.

"Master Guradam will be forever loyal! please tell me what it is you need me to do for you!" I already scouted out the town with the huge graveyard with countless fallen warriors, I will send him there and he will build an army of fodder skeletons. slowly over time, I will equip them with cheap gear and maybe even some magic enhancements with demonic energy, but I am sure Guradam will figure that much out on his own. I pull out a book I prepared in advance on different games like necromancer skills and hand it to him and he takes it, opening the book his glowing eyes shine seeing a few of the theorized skills. "Enchanting the bones? building with bones to create different creations and then adding flesh?! what is this Master?" he flips through it like lighting.

"A necromancy ideas book, I will send you to a location where you can work and develop it even further, you will lack no materials in the future. just be patient while I work ok?" he nods eagerly and continues to read.

I Turn to Delia and wonder if I should risk all our lives and grab the case now or wait till I am alone, for inside rests a False god with a serious case of control issues. the female false god in question is an outright monster when it comes to getting her way and wouldn't hesitate to turn us into slaves. her unique magic is almost a complete copy of worthless except she doesn't need to understand it, her magic is a magic canceler and it is overpowered.

But the tempting thing about it is what I know the case is. she may be hiding in it, but the case itself is a page from the book of destruction. the very concept of destruction is within reach without a doubt in my mind I would gain Bael's destruction if only I touch it. an impulse to dive into it like Scrooge McDuck and gain one of the best powers to exist hits me. I shake it off not wanting to risk everything I have worked for when the risk of failure is slavery.

But deep down I am also aware she is looking at me as I am looking at her, only she doesn't know I know about her being in it. I lick my lips and break contact with the case and pull Delia away from it as well.

"Paglio the poison dragon told me that thing is dangerous to leave it alone till he comes later, let's head out for now." she didn't make any moves when I reincarnated Guradam which means she didn't think much or she was tempted. if she was onto me as a foreign species she would have snapped me up when I walked in, but she didn't, and then when I reincarnated him it was another test. this is the last test, will she let us walk out of the exit portal?

I kick on the portal and prepare to jump and when we walk through with no interference I scan us to make sure with all-seeing eyes and see no kind of soul mark. I will get Catherine to double-check me just in case but I should be fine hopefully. I don't have the original main characters cheat and have sex skill that devours all power when he gets laid and he ate the false god's mark and gained a power-up.

"Well, we made it out." I stretch and prepare to summon Isabella, she has been notified and is combat-ready as well. he won't get out of here when he shows his head, this is it for the guy.

"Yea I can't believe it's finally over I am free." I pulse my power and feel Broc about to leap out Infront of us, as he makes his move I summon Isabella behind him. I see her turn to look all around, when her eyes hit Broc's figure a sinister smile spreads on her face that sends a chill up my spine.

"Hand it over to me dear sister and I will let your friends live!" Delia goes stiff and I let out a laugh confusing everyone but Izzy.

"Remember me Broc? I can't believe you left your fortress." I turn off the illusion I had changing my features to those I don't have keyed in, his disfigured face scrunches up as he looks in my direction, soon what little bit of skin isn't burned pales.