Orc Wars 2 : Lazarus

Chapter 123 - Lava Hounds

"Spell Caster!!"

The Overlord grabbed Constantine and pulled him behind the safety of the parapet wall.

"I did not bring you back here to die in the first hour of your arrival!" yelled the Overlord. "And you dare call me crazy, you crazy human."

"Let me go! He challenged me! ME, the greatest Hero in the lands," said the affronted Red Warlock. "I have not finished with that weasel. I will show him, yes?"

Jarrakg spoke up, "With all due respect Ghost Lord, please 'show him' without getting yourself killed. We need you and your powerful magics to help fight the demon spawn."

Constantine calmed down just as fast as he had been riled up by his rival. "True, you do need me. Those demon dogs are something else, yes? They are very big and scary, yes?"

"What do we do, Ghost Lord?"

"How is he there? Wasn't Mallarg captured and held in your dungeon for questioning or something?"

"For high treason, my Lord."

"Then why is he out there with those things?!"

"He, ummm, he escaped, My Lord," Jarrakg mumbled in embarrassment.

"What?!! How did he manage this impossible task? I though he was enemy number one. You had maximum security on him, did you not?"

"Of course we did!"

"That is the mystery, Ghost Lord. He was secured with runic chains nailed to the walls and starved to weaken him even further. His cell was also spellcasted with magical symbols that cancelled his necromancy abilities rendering him powerless, yet ..."

The Gate keeper frowned. Something was off. "Tell me what happened."

"The warriors on duty reported some kind of strong magical disturbance in the cell. All the warriors' hairs stood on end. The Necromancer's image became blurry. He screamed and disappeared."

Constantine frowned trying to digest the information. There was a 'sudden magical force' and Mallarg disappeared? The only way to disappear here was to die, port or in the case of ghost lords, logout. An NPC could die and port but not logout. Mallarg did not die, he was very much alive out there. Did he port? In his powerless state? No, he must have had help, yes? But who? Who was powerful enough to break through all the spells, orc chains and port a huge angry sullen non-cooperating orc?

"Nothing else was out of place, no?"

"No. Only him. The cell he was held in was untouched. The holy Seer had to undo all her spells before we could get in to check the empty prison."

The Red Warlock's furrowed brow cleared as he figured out the mystery. Simtrixx! That was the only explanation. They had created a technical glitch to port Mallarg out of his prison. Simtrixx was cheating! But why? Never mind, the Necromancer was out and he had to deal with him quickly before Simtrixx could pull another stunt like this! Why, he could get killed here and this war could spoil his other mission! He was going to file an official complaint to the website and company!

"It was a glitch. I'm sure of it," said Constantine through gritted teeth.

"What, Ghost Lord? What glitch. I do not understand," said Jarrakg in confusion. It seemed that the Ghost Lord knew something about Mallarg's escape. He had referred to the unfamiliar term with confidence.

"It is not any of your warrior's faults the Necromancer escaped. He had help from ... umm, someone from my world."

"Gakkk!!" the Captain swallowed nervously. The Necromancer was powerful indeed to have such connections!