Skeleton Lord

After picking up their weapons, the Kobold Skeleton Soldiers returned through the tomb passage to the burial chamber. Each found a spot and began swinging wildly, hacking or stabbing at the walls.

Green watched it all, puzzled. What was going on? Why were these Skeleton Soldiers attacking the walls?

Judging by their behavior, the Kobold Skeleton Soldiers were not acting of their own accord. Nor did they seem to be under a Necromancer's control. It was more like they were carrying out a set procedure: detect intruders in the tomb, release Purple-Gray mist from its depths to turn them into Skeleton Soldiers, strengthen them with Bone Master, then send them to hack at the burial chamber...

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According to the Kobold Shaman, some Kobolds had entered the tomb before. Those few had been timid, though, and had gone no farther than the first burial chamber. The Purple-Gray mist that turned intruders into Skeleton Soldiers was sealed below the second stretch of passage. It could only wait for prey to come to it, unable to break out.

That was the clever part of whoever had arranged all this. They did not kill everyone who entered the tomb. Survivors would spread word of its existence, while others, hoping they might get lucky, would come in one after another to meet their deaths.

Green had a faint guess as to why. The Ancient Tomb very likely sealed away a powerful Necromancer, or some unnatural Undead creature capable of using magic. It might be a Lich, a Bone Dragon, or a high-ranking Death Knight. Whatever it was, Green could not handle it with his current strength.

For a moment, Green was torn. The immense danger and the rich rewards clashed fiercely in his mind.

Meanwhile, inside the tomb, the