CH23: rise of the Gravelord
Third POV:
Grey woke up next morning on the couch to prevent Ahri and Nidalee from fighting, the first thing he saw was Silver sitting on his chest with a smile.
Grey: morning boy, seeing as those two didn't kill each other yet that means they didn't wake up.
Silver: (barks of confirmation).
Grey: alright.
Grey sits up and stretched out, a few seconds later both Ahri and Nidalee came out almost the same time.
Ahri/Nidalee: (yawn) good morning Grey, (looks at the other one and frown) hey.
Grey: morning you two, did you see the schedule?
They both shake their head, Grey stands up and went to get the schedule, the second he vanished into the room, was the second the glaring match began.
It took Grey a few seconds to return and it already looked like they were going to kill each other.
Grey: (sigh) can you two at least wait until lunch.
Ahri/Nidalee: ... (groan) fine.
Grey: thank you.
Nidalee: so do we have anything?
Grey: well.. you two are free today.
Ahri: and you?
Grey: I have a match... and a very important one too.
Ahri and Nidalee raised an eye brow, Grey sat down on the couch and Silver climbed on his shoulder.
Ahri: what's the match about?
Grey: well... apparently a place called the Shadow Isles wants to take over a big piece of land from Demacia, thankfully I'm going to be with Demacia.
Ahri: at least you'll be helping out friends.
Grey: yes, but it's this place that worries me, the Shadow Isles, do you two know anything about it?
They both shake their head, Grey sighs and stand up.
Grey: well this is helpful... let's go meet the others.
They exit and make their way to the dining hall, a few seconds later they reach it and find Aki, Ezreal, Lux, Garen and Katarina sitting together, with Lux and Garen looking a little tense.
Silver jumped on the table before they greeted everyone.
Grey: morning everyone, I can tell your ready for the match.
Garen: good morning, and yes a little.
Lux: wait, how did you know about the match?
Grey: because I'm in it, the good news is that I'm with Demacia.
Lux: oh that's great.
Katarina: I'm surprised they didn't pick you for the Shadow Isles.
Grey: why?
Ezreal: one day, a magical explosion happened in them that brought back everyone there from the dead as monstrous creatures.
Grey: so their undead?
Garen: that's right, Demacia is a land of greatness and those creatures want to take it, filthy undead that reeks of rotten flesh and are as ugly as-
(Punch)
He was cut off by a very hard punch that came from Lux, he looked at he's sister and saw she looked horrified.
He saw that everyone was looking at him wide eyed except for Ahri and Nidalee, those two looked like they want to rip his throat out with their bare hands.
He noticed that Grey was looking at him with a completely emotionless face, just a blank look, then it hit him... it hit him hard.
Garen: u-uh present company excluded, of course (nervous chuckle).
Grey: sure... I'm just... gonna go get breakfast.
Grey left with everyone looking at him with slight sympathy then they turned to Garen, most being an angry look.
Ahri: jerk.
Nidalee: ass.
Even Silver bared his teeth and growled in Garen's direction, those three followed Grey to get their food, Garen sat down with a heavy sigh running his hand through his hair.
Garen: how bad did it look?
Aki/Lux: well...
Katarina: I'm you're girlfriend so I'm going to be honest... you looked like a total racist.
Ezreal: seriously dude.
Garen: now I feel like a-
Aki: jerk?
Lux: ass?
Garen: ... honestly... both.
A few minutes later Grey, Ahri and Nidalee came back with their food, Grey was also holding a bowl for Silver, he sat the bowl on the ground and sat In the table.
Ahri and Nidalee both sat besides him in both sides, Lux nudged her brother.
Garen: listen Grey... I'm sorry for what I said, I didn't mean you-
Grey: it's ok, as an accursed undead, I can tell you right now that we undead aren't exactly fond of what we are... but can you at least tone it down, at the very least when I'm around.
Garen: yes... but still I apologize.
Grey: it's alright... anyway who's else is in the match?
Lux: well, us three, prince Jarvan and Shyvana, there are other Demacian champions but one has a concert, two others are looking for a way to get their revenge, and another is in a search for a hero.
Grey: I'm... not gonna ask.
They ate their breakfast and making small talk, Grey was happy that the two besides him weren't fighting.
After they finished their breakfast, Grey, Garen and Lux got up, Jarvan and Shyvana joined them.
Jarvan: so Grey is who's going to be fighting with us.
Shyvana: better than someone random, like that lust demon.
Ahri: hey!
Grey: uhmm Ahri, she was talking about Evelynn.
Ahri: (blush) oh... sorry.
Shyvana: it's ok.
They were surrounded by light and then vanished, the orb appeared in the middle of the hall but slightly bigger, in it were two teams, Demacia and the Shadow Isles.
They all sat around to watch the match but then two figures approached them.
???: I see the match is about to begin.
They turned around and to their surprise... it was Kindred.
Ahri: oh... what are you two doing here?
Lamb was about to answer but stopped when Wolf moved forward and stopped in front of Ezreal.
Wolf: we're here to ask Ezreal a question.
All colors left Ezreal's face and everyone looked at him in extreme worry.
Wolf: .............. when was the last time you took a bath?
Ezreal: (shout) THE ARROW-wait... what?
Wolf exploded into laughter and returned besides Lamb, everyone looked at him wide eyed and Ezreal felt like his heart would jump right out of his ripcage.
Lamb: (sigh) sorry, but ever since he thought of this joke he's been using it on everyone, two summoners and a champion already fainted.
Ahri: that's... just mean.
Wolf: look who's talking, the fox that plays with people's emotions before killing them.
Nidalee: pfft-HAHAHAHA.
Ahri: says the guy who rips people apart with his mouth like a wild animal.
Wolf: at least I don't make them love struck idiots before taking their life essence, and stop doing that! it makes their souls too weak to pick the hunt.
Ahri: I'll kill anyway I want, who are you to complain.
Ahri and Wolf got into a intense staring contest.
Aki: p-please don't fight.
Lamb: yes, your better than this, Wolf.
Ezreal: plus the match already began.
They turned their attention back to the orb and saw that they were already moving.
Jarvan was with Lux, Shyvana went to the jungle, Grey and Garen were alone.
With Grey:
Grey went south, he saw the minions moving ahead and ready for battle.
After a while he saw the minions from the other team and they began battle.
He saw the champion with them was a woman, she had green skin, glowing eyes and a few spears from her back.
Grey's eyes were on the spears, their presence felt familiar, his eyes widen in realization.
Grey: "those... are souls"
He got over his shoked state just in time to dodge a spear coming for his head.
He got up and dashed clashing weapons with the woman, he looked at her eyes and saw that she knew what she had in her hands.
He jumped back and rolled away from another spear, he jumped at her with his sword and knife, he did good damage but she still held on.
Grey's shoulder was struck by a spear, he ignored the pain and struck her with his sword, and followed up with a strike from his knife, he brought back his knife and cut her near the throat, he grabbed her by the shoulder and stabbed her in with his sword.
He let her body fall and then pulled out the spear in his shoulder, normally he would gather the souls, but these were actual souls, not sovereignless souls.
He dropped the spear and went back to fight the minions, after he was done he drank from his Estus Flask and continued on.
He reached the turret and started attacking, he did good damage but then the woman from before appeared with another champion.
This one had a horse for it's lower body, he gave off green glow and had a spear in his hands.
Grey jumped back and hid in the bushes before he was spotted, he wasn't able to destroy the turret but it was too big of a risk.
Grey: summoner, send me back.
Summoner: is something wrong?
Grey: no, but I don't want to take my chances against two champions near their team's turret.
Summoner: good point.
A light circle surrounded him, and in a few seconds he was back in the base, surprisingly, Garen returned just after him.
They nod to each other and move together this time, then the most intense match Grey had since joining the Institute began.
With the others:
Ahri, Aki, Ezreal, Katarina, Kindred and Nidalee watch the match, it lasted for more than an hour.
Ahri: come on Grey.
Nidalee: you can do it.
Ezreal: be careful Lux.
Katarina: kick their ass Garen!
At this point, both teams lost all their turrets, it was a matter of who would destroy the other one's crystal at this point.
Right now, Shyvana, Lux and Jarvan were protecting their team's crystal from the large amount of minions that piled up.
Grey and Garen are now attacking the enemy base, they were fighting the woman Grey fought at the beginning.
They almost finished her off but then the half horse man slammed into Garen and tackling him.
He was finished off by a star mace held by a black armor with red eyes.
Katarina: oh come on!
Aki: now Grey is on his own.
The saw Grey get pushed back by the woman, then a chained green cythe struck him sending him a few meters back.
The one who struck him was a weird creature with almost a skull shaped head that was coverd in green flames, he had the chained cythe in one hand and a green Lantern in the other.
Grey didn't have time to balance himself because he was stabbed in the back by the half horse man, he pulled his spear and let Grey's body fall.
Nidalee: no!
Ezreal: calm down, it might not be over yet.
Nidalee: what do you mean?
Ahri: just sit and watch, your in for a show.
In the match:
The half horse man just pulled out his spear.
Half horse: ha! And he's supposed to be undead.
The others gathered around, the woman raised her hand and pointed at Grey, after a few seconds of nothing happening she started grunting.
Woman: somethings... wrong.
Black armor: what are you talking about?
Woman: I... can't take his soul.
Skull head: (laugh) amateur, watch and learn.
The one with a skull head raised his Lantern and pointed at Grey... only for nothing to happen.
Skull head: urghh (looks at Lantern) what's wrong with this thing.
Woman: not so easy, is it.
Grey POV:
After the half horse killed me, I found myself in front of a statue of a wolf inside the abyss watchers temple.
In front of the statue was a floating flame, the soul of the blood of the wolf, this is basically how I've been using the power of a lord.
I stepped forward ready to activate it but then a strange sound caught my attention.
I looked at my side and saw that another statue was rising up from the ground, when it finished I could finally see what it looks like.
My eyes widen as I found myself looking at a statue of Gravelord Nito himself, he had his hand extended and opened as if offering something.
Then a white flame appeared in his hand, I knew it was a soul, but it took me a few seconds to realize who it belongs to.
Grey: that's... Nito's soul... the soul of death, but how..?
I didn't get an answer, the way I looked at it, I can activate it the same way I do to the blood of the wolf's soul, but should I?
I remembered that I was heavily outnumbered, and how important the match is, I had- no... I needed to kill all of them at once.
I reached with my hand and then the soul started floating towards me, when it entered my chest, words echoed in my head, and I knew who was talking.
Nito: spread death.
Third POV: with the others.
What was a few minutes for Grey was a few seconds for everyone else, most the enemy team was surrounding him and his friends were waiting, then Kindred spoke.
Wolf: (chuckle) can you feel it, little Lamb?
Lamb: indeed I do, dear Wolf.
Ezreal: uhmm... what are you talking about? And why do you look excited?
They were about to answer but then a blood freezing screech was heard, they all turned their attention to the orb.
In the match:
The screech was heard all over the rift, the enemy champions that surrounded Grey we're looking for the source.
Half horse: urghh, what's that noise.
Then pitch black smoke came out of the ground and started flowing into Grey's body.
Once it disappeared, his red cloak turned black and started giving off a weird glowing substance.
The sound stopped and Grey stood up, but he was twitching, like he was made of bones, he also dropped his knife.
He looked at the enemy champions without making a move but then dashed forward to the woman raising his sword.
He brought his sword down and the woman barley had enough time to dodge.
When she got up, she was grabbed in the face by Grey's hand, he raised her in the air, pulled back his sword, and stabbed her in the chest and letting her body tangle from the tip of his sword.
He threw her lifeless body away and found the other champions around him, he looked to be at a disadvantage.
But then he looked to be charging something, and with another screech, his body unleashed pitch black smoke unto his surroundings that covered the champions.
Half horse: you think some smoke is gonna- urghh.
The enemy champions started groaning and coughing, like their life was being chocked out of them, and then... they died and fell.
With the high summoners:
The high summoners were watching the match with great interest, and when Grey unleashed the black smoke the grand summoner stood up, startling everyone around him.
Summoner1: is something wrong Grand summoner?
The Grand summoner didn't answer but kept looking at the match.
Grand summoner: "that power... Nito!... but how?"
Back in the match:
The enemy champions just died, Grey turned his attention to the enemy's crystal.
He made his way to it and started attacking, before any enemy champion respawned or recalled, he was able to destroy it.
Announcer: VICTORY, Demacia.
Grey remained motionless, he was surrounded by light and then found himself in a room with the summoners and other champions, which all of them were looking at him wide eyed.
His cloak returned to normal and he stopped twitching, he took deep breaths, but many questions were running through his mind.
What was that? How does he have Nito's soul? Was this what Kindred was talking about? And the most important question... how was he going to explain this to the others?
(A/N: VERY IMPORTANT, first, thank you for reading this, second, the next time I post it won't be part of the story, but I'll be posting a page about Grey's champion special interactions in the rift with other Champions, if you have requests or suggestions please don't hesitate to ask.)
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