Having seen how easily the gorilla killed the wolf pack leader and the wolves themselves, he was stunned, but his tattoo pulsed. After which, he received a message: "Warning: you are too weak for the new enemy. Advice: run with all your might."

"No arguing with that," he ordered his servants to attack the stone gorillas and the female gorilla. Then he turned around and ran.

The gorilla turned her head towards the fleeing man. Then, snorting, she drew on the sand, and hit the drawings with a stone hand. A strong earthquake arose, and a stone wall in the form of a ring began to grow out of the ground, surrounding the entire battlefield, not allowing anyone to escape.

***

The main bird, upon seeing Alpha's corpse, felt a strange emptiness. He had felt this feeling before when his beloved had died.

Alpha had been a good friend several centuries ago, and he would still be a friend now if not for this curse. Yes, I stole food from him, but who in this world hasn't started killing their acquaintances to prolong their existence by a drop? No one wants to fall.

"Ah, farewell old friend, and now my former enemy. It's a pity it all ended this way," he shouted, ordering everyone else to fly away from here. "Today is not our day." With that cry, all the birds flew away, leaving the battlefield.

***

The gorilla, seeing the birds fly away, grunted. Then she looked at the only human on the battlefield. Watching the rats and wolves fight together, she realized that they were all moving very strangely. Undead? Watching them, she couldn't feel a soul in them. Or were they too weak to sustain their existence? Could this man be a necromancer? They had all disappeared a long time ago. Did he run away? Interesting.

The stone gorillas killed everyone who crossed their path, whether it was angry wolves or crazy undead. They all fell on the sand. But if an ordinary wolf did not rise from the black sand, then the undead either revived or parasitized on new bodies, turning them into undead.

"What to do?" - watching as enemies approached him, he didn't know what to do. But suddenly he noticed a bird flying. - "Exactly!"

Focusing on the threads that connected him and the undead birds, he ordered them to descend. There were only a few birds left after the battle. Then he ordered them to capture him and lift him into the sky.

But before they descended, the gorilla struck the sand. After that, several stone spears grew out of the sand. Taking them in his hands, he threw them straight at the birds. With insane speed, they hit the birds and collided with the wall.

"Damn it!..." - He wanted to swear longer, but received a strange message.

[The owner will not be able to survive in this battle. In this case, you can only save yourself by invoking Ancestral Aid. This service will summon the soul of one of the great necromancers. But the price will be a part of your humanity and necrotic energy. You have 3 seconds to decide. Your choice: Yes/No.]

"Yes!" - He had some doubts, but seeing that he would reach those stone gorillas now, he decided to accept and learn all the details later.

A black burst of mist enveloped the man in black. The gorilla, seeing this, began to get angry. At the same time, the first stone gorilla tried to strike the black mist. But before it could make contact, a skeletal hand emerged from the mist and struck the enemy, causing it to fly straight into the stone wall.

The mist was dispersing, but not completely. A light dark mist clung to the black man, taking its own form and size. This mist became more distinct, changing his appearance and... dressing him.

But if you looked closer, you could occasionally see his previous form behind the mist.

The skeletal hand began to crumble, turning to ash. And the new black man in a mage's black suit began to survey the entire battlefield, after which he looked at his hands.

By saying "Yes," he received a new message: "Attention, Ancestral Help is being launched. This service will summon one of the past owners of the Necronomicon. For the owner's safety, he will be asleep during this time."

After finishing reading the last words, a strong urge to sleep overtook him, but before he fell asleep completely, he received new messages.

"Attention, attention, attention! Duke of the Grave has been summoned. In order to protect the owner, the first seal will be forcibly removed at the cost of part of your spiritual energy. Forced seal removal is initiated..."

He wanted to close his eyes due to sudden tiredness, but he fought against it, trying to learn more. He felt like it was all going to be too complicated. And then there was this Duke of Mogil. From the name alone, it was clear that he used to be a big shot. Suddenly, he felt something being sucked out of him, but he didn't know what it was. It was like a vampire sucking blood out of you.

The feeling of mild pain was short-lived. After that, a new message came.

"Attention, attention, attention! Please, don't resist and fall asleep. For safety reasons, you will be forcibly disconnected."

The message ended, and his vision became hazy, and he fell asleep. But the messages didn't stop, and a new message appeared on the old one. At the same time, the tattoo pulsed without stopping, releasing black mist that surrounded the entire body.

"The summoning process is starting. The process of extracting part of humanity begins."

The strong emotional pain almost woke him up, but a new wave of tiredness made him fall asleep. This pain was like someone cutting meat with a knife. Or like a zombie eating you alive.

This pain didn't last long because it became stronger than before. Fortunately, it lasted only one second, after which everything subsided.