Well, you probably could use the help in this matter. Smoothing this out with Velzix is going to be a delicate affair.

"Alright, I'm accepting your help."
"Excellent." Sesisek smiles.

Sesisek explains that even if you do manage to talk Velzix into not killing you for your actions, he's still going to take away your hard earned victory for himself. You can't let him do this, nor are you to get into a fight with him. Instead you must convince Velzix that you are indeed loyal and would never dream of betraying him, but that you must take a more active role in things if you are to be effective. You must remind him that if you're doing activity, then Velzix can concentrate more on opening up the portal to back home and victory will come quicker. Finally you must always point out of how weak you are compared to the might of Velzix, remind him that you are but a lowly mortal and will always remain so when compared to a demon lord.

After advising you, Sesisek leaves you as he mentions he doesn't want to be around if things don't go well. He doesn't need anymore of Velzix's anger to spread out to him, but if you happen to be successful; he'll definitely be around to provide more help in the future

You feel just by agreeing to this you've lost something of yourself. Much like when you allied with Velzix. Maybe you haven't gone so far to sell your soul and granted you were walking the path of darkness to begin with, but the twisted taint of hell that you've been getting deeper into is definitely starting to change you and it's probably not for the better.

In any case a couple days pass and Velzix arrives, he's a little more calm than you were expecting, but he could blow up at any minute.

"So little necromancer, I hear you have been taking matters into your own hands and acquiring territory yourself. I am displeased that you have done this. The Grand Alliance has been attacking and you've been squandering my potential reinforcements elsewhere. What if they had succeeded in breaking through my defenses? I would've had no troops to support my position, and much would've been lost."
"Forgive me, but I felt that with the Grand Alliance focusing their attention elsewhere, I believed an attack on the Brot Kingdom would be a good idea. And I might add, it was. The conquest was very successful."
"Yes, but you have dodged the question of what would've happened had the Grand Alliance broke through my defenses?"
"I did not worry about such a thing since I knew they would be no match for a powerful demon lord such as yourself and even if they had, I'm sure you personally could've dealt with the few stragglers. They are only mortals after all; they would never be a match for you."
"Obsequious words little necromancer…I have never heard any such tone from you before. You have always carried an air of arrogance about you. Tell me, is my mere presence enough to make you regret your clumsy attempts at gaining more power?"
"I fear you have misjudged me in this. I simply feel that my talents have not been used to their full degree, because you believe I shall be treacherous in the future. I have no desire to do such a thing. What would be the point? I could never hope to defeat you anyway. I only wish to be more active in your eventual conquest of this world. I have already proven to be a more competent general than Tivadol."

Velzix laughs out loud at this last statement.

"I'm sure Tivadol will be thrilled to hear that a mortal has achieved more in military victories on this world than he has…very well. You wish to choose a more active role, so be it. It will be most amusing to see Tivadol compete with you, perhaps this will even inspire him to succeed, since as you have pointed out, he has yet to conquer an entire kingdom for me like you have…and it IS MY kingdom is it not?"
"Yes, it is." You say with a bow.
"Hmm, yes. Well you've talked your way out of this one necromancer, but know that I will still be watching you. You had best prove successful in your new active role, but also remember who is in charge and who serves."
"Of course."

Velzix informs you that since you have taken on this role, he'll be issuing more orders to you AND that it will be up to you to oversee larger areas of territory (Starting with the recently acquired Brot Kingdom), not just Aftermath. And if you fuck up, you're going to get fucked up.

And with that, you have your new place in the hierarchy…

Four years pass…

It's been five years since you made your alliance with Velzix, so far it's proven most beneficial more or less.

You've managed to carve out a niche for yourself as a good general, and just in time too since Velzix has been successful in keeping infernal portals open longer which is allowing more demons to come in. While your undead troops are looking to be somewhat "obsolete" your expertise in military planning has assured you a place in this demonic empire.

You don't lead demons though of course. They'd never allow such a thing. You lead a strange combination of undead and mortals who have decided to throw their lot in with the infernal forces. Sesisek has even provided you with a few mortals who have displayed an interest in necromancy, allowing you to not carry the weight of up keeping an undead army constantly anymore. While you haven't completely abandoned your necromantic roots, you've been forced to broaden your magical horizons and tap into the infernal plane, which has allowed you to create potent unnatural abominations.

However, this type of magic is highly experimental and you're probably the first one to even attempt it. It's beginning to take a toll on your deteriorating health, because as they say, you don't change hell, hell changes you. However your power is keeping you going. You haven't lost sight that one day you'll be in charge…

Your immediate rivals haven't lost sight either, in fact you've become more of a threat. Tivadol the Destroyer constantly makes threats that he'll one day see you crushed underneath his foot. Sinthinia is a little more interested in your relationship with Sesisek and finds the fact that you two are on too good of terms to be very suspicious. Oddly Velzix doesn't seem worried about this though, or if he is, he hasn't made it known to you. Indeed he's been pre-occupied lately with finally opening up a portal permanently to his infernal home. He believes he will soon be successful.

In the meantime, the Grand Alliance has been hard pressed to hold the line, they are slowly losing ground to you and Tivadol. Heroes from all over the civilized governments have been employed, but so far they've have proven unsuccessful in even getting to Velzix, let alone killing him. Vampire assassins however have had a little more luck, but Sinithina's internal security magic guards have detected them all as soon as they get near Velzix's fortress.

You can't say you're too thrilled yourself with Velzix opening up a permanent portal as it could certainly make your job a lot harder of killing him in the future. Sesisek, realizes this too and has recently approached you about this.

He tells you to meet him for a plan to kill Velzix, in a couple days. While you're in your study pondering what this could entail, you are suddenly "greeted" with Sinthinia's presence. Unusual since she's directly kept her distance from you ever since you conquered the Brot Kingdom. (Indirectly through her spies is another matter however) Whatever she has come to see you for probably isn't good…or is it?


"Hmm, this place still reeks of death I see. It is much too cold in this place. Not warm like many of our other conquests. Look how hard my nipples are. Why it's cold enough to make me almost want to put on clothes…almost." She says touching herself in a seductive way. You've seen her in action before, and you're not some weak willed fool, so this routine has little effect on you.
"Yeah, well zombies tend to be flammable and I hate the heat, so this grave chill stays. You'll just have to deal with hard nipples."
"How about YOU deal with them. Hm?"
"Sinthinia what do you want?"
"Besides your dick in my nice warm body? I want to see you not ruin your most promising career by siding with a loser like Sesisek. I know that the two of you have been collusion together ever since you conquered the Brot Kingdom…a most bold move might I add. Only the first of many. You are obviously a man who knows what he wants and takes it…"

At this point Sinthinia is turning on her demonic seduction and getting closer to the point of touching you. You'd be lying if it wasn't having any effect on you.

"Yeah…well just get the point Sinthinia!"
"See? So forceful! Very well, the point. My point is Sesisek is an obsessed fool who's time is running out. I know he's got plans to kill me and Velzix, so far I haven't exactly determined how he's going to attempt it, but I know it's coming soon. My concern is, if YOU have anything to do with such plans. It would be a shame if you did…"
"Well he hasn't said anything to me about any specific plan." You reply.
"Ah, careful words you chose without actually lying. You have been hanging around our kind and learning! However you will not dodge me so easily. Specific plan. Specific being the key word. I'm guessing he's approached you about some act of treachery though and just hasn't given you the details yet."

You say nothing and she presses up against you while speaking into your ear so close that she nibbles on it a bit.

"I'll take your silence as a yes. Know however that you are still not powerful enough to kill Velzix. I am very close to him just like I am very close to you right now and I can tell you with all certainty that you will not be able to defeat him. Not even with that bitter old idiot Sesisek helping you…I advise that you not go down the same path as he is."
"Oh yeah? Well if you think we're doing something, why not just kill us both right now?"
"It's not how I work my necromantic cutie. Besides, I am giving you a chance to join with a better and more grateful ally in the long run. Namely me. I want you to find out what Sesisek's plan is and then at the right time, betray him. I would be most grateful."
"Hmm, I don't trust you. Sesisek trusted you once and look what happened."
"Sesisek proved to be weak and unworthy of my loyalty, but of course you don't trust me, nor should you. Still, you think on this, I have offered to become your ally and more if you wish. I run the internal security of Velzix's empire. Do you not think that having me as an ally would be more beneficial for your future than to stay allied with Sesisek whose plan is surely doomed to failure? I already KNOW he's planning something. He will be punished soon, along with all that have conspired with him. Stay loyal to him and you'll suffer his fate. Betray him, and you'll suddenly find yourself in control of his holdings and have one less potential enemy to worry about. Not to mention you will make me very happy. So happy that I may provide favors for you that you could never dream of. So what do you say?"

Normally you'd think more about it, but Sinthinia has made a somewhat appealing offer and the fact that she's currently shoved one of her hands down your pants and stroking your cock isn't exactly helping you think straight either.

You act like you do not know what she is talking about

You don't trust her, and you'd be a fool to do so, so you play dumb.

"Sorry Sinthinia, but I don't know what you're talking about. I sometimes talk to Sesisek, and while he does scheme, I can assure you that I'm not part of them. I have no wish to side with a loser like him."

Sinthinia stops the seduction routine and eyes you suspiciously. A pity since you were enjoying her fondling.

"Very well necromancer. Play your little game. I hope for your sake that you're telling the truth, because if you aren't, I think you'll find that I play this game a lot better and I won't be offering this opportunity again."

Sinthinia walks out of your study and you dismiss her threats.

A few days pass and you meet Sesisek in the forsaken area known as the Drozz Wasteland. The barbarian tribes here still hold sway, but you need not concern yourself with such minor threats, they know enough to stay away from two dark individuals such as yourselves, and the others…

The others in question are vampires. It would appear that Sesisek has been planning more than just "normal" betrayal. The vampires eye you warily.

You're about to speak when all of a sudden Sinthinia materializes not to far away from this meeting spot.

"Ah thank you necromancer, your help in exposing Sesisek's collaboration with vampires will be rewarded!" she exclaims.
"YOU BETRAYED ME TO THAT BITCH!?!" Sesisek bellows
"She's lying! I never…"

You don't get a chance to finish your explanation before a dozen or so of Sinthinia's personal guards also materialize and attack. You're temporarily so distracted by this that you don't react in time to avoid Sesisek's blow to your head, knocking you senseless to the ground.

When you come to, you find yourself tied up and on your knees before Sinthinia while being held roughly by her guards. You're still in the Drozz plains, but you're not going anywhere. You can't cast any spells with your mouth gagged and your hands bound.

"Well, I told you I could play this game better. I'm sure if he could Sesisek would agree with you."

You look over you your left and see Sesisek lying on the ground in a bloody pitiful state and being kicked mercilessly by more of her guards.

"However, your fate shall be much kinder than the one that awaits him. After all I do have to reward you."

Sinthinia strokes your face gently and then abruptly claws your eyes out with the same hand. This is followed by a tearing sensation in your chest. If you could still see, you would be looking directly at your heart being ripped out before you.

You fall to the ground and are left there to be eaten by passing beasts.