touch of the fallen

Look up at the ceil

"Norman, do you see something up there"

Norman" No, there is nothing there"

"Am i hallucinating, Its like am staring at to green glowing lights just above us"

Norman" Am not sure what's wrong but Master i once had that undead have the ability to see people's life force"

"Does that mean the noble guy has returned"

Norman" It does seem possible"

"Why do you sound unfazed by this"

Norman" Master has yet to feel the difference between Tiers but one thing is absolute the higher one goes the harder it is to overcome the difference"

"So what you mean is none of them can beat me right"

Norman"Yes a normal Tier 2 should be able to destroy this place with a single punch"

"But my punch didn't carry that much strength"

Norman"That's cause master's body control is great, you subconsciously restrained your force when delivering that blow"

"So your saying if i was not careful i would have been buried underground"

Norman"...."

"Why the hell didn't you tell me that"

Norman"How was is supposed to know you had reach Tier 2"

Looking back up i said 

"I can see five life signals but one of them glowing higher than the others"

Norman"That means there is one seeker among them"

"...seeker"

Norman"The general name gave to people who walk the paths of power"

Norman stared at his dark ghostly hand then said

Norman"I've been wondering now that i have turned into a spectre i should be able to move through matter"

"A spectre huh aren't those revengeful souls, did you perhaps have a grudge against someone"

Norman"Not really my life was not that great even before my town was raided, i didn't spend that much time as a slave to hate those around me"

"Then...was it because of me that you turned into a spectre"

Norman"Yeah, from what i heard about spectres is that the are unstable distorted transparent ghost figure which means am not a normal spectre since i am a stable and have a dark appearance"

"Aren't you angry that your forced to remain here and serve a person who took your body"

Norman"I don't think i would like it where i was going after death since you literally run from it...and serving you doesn't sound so bad i may be able to accomplish more than i did before around you"

"hahaha that's great with a genius master like me you can become a God along side me hahaha"

Norman"..."

"Huh what's wrong"

Norman"I think we have guests Master"

Then i remembered there were people coming down before i turned my head to the door only to see 5 hooded individuals standing paralyzed after meeting my gaze.

My mouth started drooling with saliva when i felt an attraction to their life forces

Norman noticing my actions said

"Master i forgot to tell you that undead are attracted to any being with life force"

But i registered none of his word as i was too busy focussed on the people in front of me

.....5 minutes back( Above the underground room)

Five individuals moved closer to a normal looking house. Then one of them asked 

"Boss are you sure about this "

"Yeah boss what if it's a trap to catch us"

The leader in the front stopped and said

"Do you think a noble would waste their time to catch a small fry like me"

"Then what are we doing here boss"

"Idiots what do you think a noble would be doing in the slums"

"..."

"Fools its to hide something and since he is hiding it here it must be really great or illegal"

"Boss is amazing can even see through a nobles scheme"

"Get moving before any one sees us"

Using the window to break in.

"Search for anything suspicious if we can get something from here will be rich"

"Yes boss"

...Two minutes later

 "Boss there is nothing here just some ordinary thing"

"Keep looking it has to be somewhere around here"

Just as the one of the thieves was walking away the floor under shook a little. Most would have not noticed it but a Tier 1 aura manipulator like me felt it immediately

Looking down i realised

"hahahahaha to think the answer has been under us the hole time"

"Did you find something boss"

"Look for anything that lead to the underneath"

"Boss i think saw i weirdly place carpet in one of the store room"

"Then why didn't you tell me before"

"It didn't look like anything special"

"Idiots""Lead the way"

Inside the store room with boxes fill with ordinary things scattered around and a carpet underneath.

"Boss this is it, so what should we do"

"Move around and stump the ground to see if there any hollow space"

thud thud thud clunk

"Boss i think i found something here"

clunk clunk

"hahaha this is it boys we are gonna become rich"

'With this i can finally quit being a thief'

"Now cut up the carpet" 

"yes boss"

kaak

"It's open boss"

Staring at the steps leading downward i could feel a feeling of anticipation but something fell off, i just can't put my finger on it 

"let's head down and find the treasure boss"

Turning to the guys, i could see excitement in their eyes and decided to shrug the weird feeling away

"Lets go"

... At the end of the steps....

There was a door at the end of the stair

"Boss we found it"

Just as he was about to rush at the door i held his should and said in a harsh tone

"Do you want to get us all killed"

"www-what do you mean boss"

"Three of the tiles close to the door have explosive mana traps, just one of them is enough to bury us underneath"

"A-Am sorry i got all excite"

"sigh"

"You guys will be the death of me one of this days"

"You don't have to worry boss once we get the treasure i will treat you all the bonze and whore you want"

"So what should we do about the traps boss"

"The traps are amazing but they were placed by an amatuer, we just need to carefully avoid them"

Carefully we made our way to the door and yet my instincts told me somethings wrong

'Maybe there are more traps inside, that must be it'

Opening the door i saw something unbelievable. A person was standing in front a dark ghostly being floating in air then it said 

"I think we have some guests master"

A cold shiver run down our spines which stop us all in our track and our only thoughts

'We fucked up'

Before we could run he turned to us and we met his gaze then everything disappeared the underground room, the guy , the monster.

Then a sword out of nowhere cut my head off. A rope was tied around my neck and i was hanged. Someone held my head and pushed me into the water then i drown

Many scenes happened but one thing they had in common was i kept dying. No i can't end here, pulling all my will to resist i found myself back to the underground panting heavily

'Shit was that an illusion nononono it felt all too real, we need to get out of here and inform the church'

Thud thud

I suddenly heard steps extremely close to me. I quickly raised my head and saw the weird guy was just an arm's length away, this time i didn't meet his gaze and reached for the dagger at my waist

Thrusting forward aiming for the neck, i thought he would dodge i and i can use that opportunity to run but instead he let the attack.

For a moment i was happy, this attack carried all my strenght and hope. When the dagger connected with his skin it stopped, only causing a scratch

Everything shattered from my resolve to my hope. The grip on my dagger loosened causing it to fall to the floor and my thoughts were

'Tier 2 , it just had to be a Tier 2'

I was thrown out of my thoughts when a hand gripped my neck and lifted me off the ground

Looking down i got a proper view of this person's face and i could see saliva drooling from his mouth like he had found the most delicious thing in the world. Hanging like a broken doll in his hands i was meet with his gaze 

I felt my mind falling back into the loop of endless death then i remembered something i was once told

'Death comes to thieves who can't control their greed'

'Yeah my instincts kept telling me to run and yet i went on forward'

'You only get it when faced with death'

'A thief's death is his greed'

Then the loop of death pulled me away