Abyss Watcher In The League V2 25 Ch25: Rise Of The Gravelord

Grey woke up next morning and found Silver sitting on his chest "morning boy" he said as he rubbed the pup's head.

Silver barked and jumped off his chest letting Grey sit up. He stretched and then Ahri came out of their room groaning.

"my head" Ahri groaned as she rubbed her temple.

"how do you feel?" Grey asked.

"like my head is going to explode" she replied still rubbing her head. Her tails were also moving less lively than usual.

"yeah, that's called a hangover" he said looking at her "do you remember last night?".

Ahri thought about it "just you complaining about the drinks, and a little bit after that, but nothing else" she said and looked at him in worry "I didn't do anything embarra.s.sing, did I?" she asked afraid that she made a fool of herself in front of Grey.

The Abyss Watcher shook his head "no, just the usual teasing, with the only difference that you were drunk".

Ahri sighed in relief, but then started ma.s.saging her head again as she walked up to the couch and sat down besides Grey.

Grey was also relieved, but because she didn't remember. He didn't care if she knew what he said, but he was worried that she would remember doubting herself.

Nidalee then came out of her room and yawned "good morning" she greeted and Noticed Ahri's state "let me guess, a hangover".

The Vastayan nodded "yeah, it really hurts" she said still rubbing her head.

The Huntress chuckled "well you should avoid loud noises" she then cupped her hands near her mouth "LIKE THIS!" she yelled.

Ahri immediately held her head while also covering her ears "ow ow ow! Please stop" she said.

Grey shook his head "Nidalee, quit torturing her" he said and the Huntress chuckled. The Abyss Watcher then stood up "I'll go check the schedule".

He left to a room and Ahri immediately began glaring at the huntress who glared back.

Grey came back holding the schedule and saw the glaring match. The Abyss Watcher sighed "can you two at least wait until lunch for this?".

The two looked at him then back at each other "fine" they grumbled.

"thank you" Grey said.

"so do we have any matches?" Nidalee asked.

"please tell me I don't have any" Ahri said rubbing her head "I'm really not in the mood for a match".

Grey looked at the schedule before answering "well you're both free" he said which made Ahri sigh in relief "and I have an official match... And a very important one".

Ahri and Nidalee raised an eyebrow as Grey sat on the couch besides the Vastayan.

"what does it say?" the Huntress asked.

"it says that a place called the Shadow Isles is trying to take a big piece of land from Demacia" he replied "thankfully, I'll be with Demacia".

"well, at least you'll be helping out friends" Ahri said referring to their friends from Demacia.

"yes, but it's this place that's called the Shadow Isles that I'm wondering about" Grey said "do you know anything about it?" he asked and his two roommates shook their heads "well that's helpful" he said sarcastically and sighed "let's go see the others then".

Grey stood up and put on his armor and equipment. He left the room with Ahri and Nidalee while Silver walked besides them.

After a few moments of walking, they managed to get in the dining hall and found Aki, Ezreal, Garen, Katarina and Lux sitting together, but the Demacian siblings were looking tense.

"good morning everyone" Grey greeted before looking at Garen and Lux "I see you two are ready for the match".

Lux nodded "yeah, a little" she then realized something "wait, how do you know about the match?".

"because I'll be in the match too, I'll be fighting for Demacia" Grey replied.

"I'm surprised they didn't pick you for the Shadow Isles" Katarina said.

The Abyss Watcher raised an eyebrow "why? And what is this place that's called the Shadow Isles?".

"they used to be called the Blessed Isles" Ezreal said "it was a place where people would go to seek spiritual healing, but one day a magical explosion happened in it that killed everyone and brought them back as monsters".

"so they're undead?" Grey said understanding why Katarina thought he would be picked for their side.

"that's right" Garen nodded and then scowled "Demacia is a land of greatness, and those creatures want to take it. Filthy Undead that reeks of rotten flesh, ugly as leaches and defying the ways of nature. They should all crawl back to their graves and-" he was interrupted by a punch from Lux.

Garen looked at his sister and found her looking at him wide eyed, everyone else was looking at him the same way except Nidalee and Ahri.

The huntress and Vastayan were looking at him in rage. They looked like they wanted to rip his throat out with their bare hands.

Lux then started motioning with her eyes and Garen saw she was motioning to Grey.

The Abyss Watcher had an emotionless look on his face, then Garen realized what Lux was motioning about.

"u-uh present company excluded of course" Garen chuckled nervously.

Grey didn't respond, he just turned around and went were the food is. Everyone looked at him in sympathy as he walked away before turning to Garen, most being an angry look.

"jerk" "a.s.s" Ahri and Nidalee said respectively before turning around and following Grey. Even Silver bared his teeth and growled at Garen before following them.

Garen sighed and ran a hand over his face "how bad did it look?" he asked looking at the others.

"well..." Aki and Lux said but didn't continue not wanting to sound rude.

"I'm your girlfriend so I'll be honest" Katarina said looking at him "you looked like a total racist".

"seriously dude" Ezreal said shaking his head "I mean, he's cursed for crying out loud".

Garen sighed "well now I just feel like ".

"jerk?" Aki asked.

"a.s.s?" Lux asked.

"honestly, both" Garen said.

Grey returned with a tray of food in one hand and a bowel in the other. Nidalee, Ahri and Silver weren't too far behind.

The Abyss Watcher sat the bowel down near the table for Silver while he sat down in the table with his two roommates.

Lux nudged her brother, Garen then cleared his throat "listen, Grey I'd like to apologize for-".

"it's alright" Grey cut him off waving his hand "as an accursed undead, I can tell you that we're not exactly fond of what we are. Not to mention that I stopped caring what people think about me a long time ago".

"still, I would like to apologize" Garen said and Grey nodded.

Aki then noticed Ahri's tails not moving as much as usual and she looked a little troubled "hey Ahri, is something wrong?".

The Vastayan put a hand on her head "it's just a hangover" she then glared at Nidalee remembering the yelling.

"oh, then I think I can help with that" Aki said as she started motioning with her hands and Ahri's head glowed a slight green color.

When the color vanished, Ahri smiled feeling a lot better and her tails started moving in their usual lively pace "wow, I feel a lot better. Thanks Aki".

"it's no problem" the summoner replied with a slight blush from being complemented "t-that was just a simple healing spell, it's too weak to be used in matches but it's perfect for something like a hangover".

"well thanks anyway" Ahri said smiling at the shy summoner and Aki returned the smile.

They began eating. While having their meal, Grey asked "so tell me, who's else is in the match?".

"well us three obviously" Lux said motioning towards her, her brother and Grey "there's also Prince Jarvan and Shyvana. There are other Demacian champions, but they're busy. Some got work, two are looking for a way to get revenge and the last one has a concert to play".

"I'm... Not going to ask" he said not wanting to know the details of the lives of other champions.

They finished their meal and just waited for the match. A few minutes later Jarvan and Shyvana walked up to them.

"h.e.l.lo everyone" the prince greeted and looked at the Demacian siblings "are you two ready for battle?".

"yes your highness" they both replied with a nod.

"good" Jarvan nodded back and raised an eyebrow "do you know who will be fighting with us?".

"that would be me" Grey said standing up.

"Grey?" Jarvan smiled "I'm glad to have you fighting on our side".

"it's definitely better than someone random" Shyvana said and scowled "like that l.u.s.t demon".

"hey!" Ahri said feeling insulted thinking the crossbreed meant the way she uses her charm magic. Shyvana just looked at her confused.

"Ahri, she was talking about Evelynn" Grey cleared out and Ahri's eyes widen.

"oh" she said in realization "sorry" Ahri gave a smile of apology.

"it's alright" Shyvana waved it off.

The champions of the match were then covered in light and vanished. The orb appeared in the middle of the dining hall with the names Demacia and Shadow Isles in it.

They were focusing on the orb that they didn't notice the two figures that walked up to them "I see the match is about to begin".

They looked at who spoke and were surprised to find it to be Kindred "what are you two doing here?" Katarina asked.

Lamb was about to answer, but then Wolf moved forward to Ezreal's face "we're here to ask Ezreal a question" he said.

All colors left Ezreal thinking it was his time to choose between the arrow or the hunt while everyone looked at him in worry.

Wolf was silent for a few seconds before speaking "... When was the last time you took a bath?".

"THE ARROW-wait, what?" Ezreal yelled and cut himself off realizing what Wolf said.

The cruel half of death exploded into laughter and moved besides his other half while everyone looked at him shocked.

Lamb sighed shaking her head "sorry, but ever since he came up with that joke he's been using it on everyone. Two summoners and a champion already fainted".

"that's... Just mean" Ahri said.

Wolf snorted "look who's talking, the fox that plays with people's emotions before killing them" he said and Nidalee started laughing.

Ahri looked at the huntress and then glared at Wolf "says the guy that rips people apart with his mouth like a wild animal".

"at least I don't make them love struck idiots before taking their life essence" Wolf replied and started glaring at her "and stop doing that! It makes their souls too weak to pick the hunt" he said. The souls that Ahri steals the life essence from becomes very weak, and they always choose the arrow.

"I'll kill anyway I want" the Vastayan replied still glaring "who are you to complain".

The two of them got into an intense staring match. Aki tugged on Ahri's sleeve "p-please stop fighting" she pleaded.

"yes" Lamb said and looked at her other half "you're better than this, dear Wolf".

"plus the match already started" Ezreal pointed out as everyone's attention was moved towards the orb with the match in it.

Jarvan and Lux went to the middle. Shyvana in the jungle. Garen in the bottom. And Grey in top.

Inside the Match:

Grey was walking through the top lane with the minions moving in front of him. They pa.s.sed their team's turrets and met with the enemy minions and champion.

The champion was a Dark haired woman. She had green, slightly glowing skin. Old golden and sleeveless armor. A few spears in her back with another spear in her hands.

Grey's attention was on the spears. Their presence felt familiar to him. The Abyss Watcher's eyes wide realizing what they were 'those... Are souls'.

Grey broke out of his shock in time to dodge a spear from the woman. He stood back up and jumped towards her swinging his sword.

The woman created another spear just in time to use it to block Grey's sword. The Abyss Watcher saw in her eyes that she knew exactly what she had in her hands.

He pulled back and she swung her spear at him. Grey rolled away and anch.o.r.ed his knife in the ground making him spin around and strike her with his sword.

He pulled out his knife from the ground and jumped swinging down his sword at her.

The woman recoiled slightly, she jumped back and threw her spear at him. The spear struck Grey's shoulder but he ignored the pain and jumped towards her.

He swung down his sword striking her before she made another spear. He swung his knife striking her in the chest before bringing it back and slitting her throat. He grabbed her shoulder and stabbed his sword through her chest.

He pulled his sword out and let her fall on the ground. He put his knife away to grab the spear in his shoulder and pulled it out.

He looked at the spear in his hand. Grey was tempted to take it, all undead have an urge to take souls.

However, it wasn't sovereignless. He has no right to take the humanity of another person. And he doubted that he can keep it with him until the end of the match for Ahri.

The Abyss Watcher dropped the spear with it's owner and drank from his Estus Flask before going to fight the minions.

After he was done, he started walking towards the turret and started to attack it.

He managed to hit it a few times before the enemy minions arrived with two champions.

One of them was the woman from before. The other was a creature that looked like the combination of a man and a horse.

He had the upper body of a man with spiky armor. And his lower body was that of a horse. He was holding a spear and his body was giving green flames.

Grey jumped away before either of them saw him. He hid in the bushes and peaked to see them battle.

"summoner, send me back" he whispered to his summoner.

"what's wrong?" the summoner's voice asked in his head.

"nothing, I just don't want to take on two champions near their team's turret" Grey replied remembering that it didn't work out for him before.

The summoner hummed in thought "good point. Hold still then" he said as he activated the recall ability.

A few seconds later, and Grey appeared in his team's base. Surprisingly, Garen has just returned as well.

They looked at each other and nodded before they both went to the same lane. Then the most intense match Grey had since joining the Inst.i.tute began.

Time skip: (brought to you by chibi Ahri and chibi Nidalee sleeping and unintentionally start cuddling).

It's been more than an hour already, both teams lost most of their turrets and only has a couple of inhibitor turrets left. Meanwhile, the others were cheering on for them in the dining hall

"be careful Lux" Ezreal said.

"you can do it Grey" Ahri said.

"kick their a.s.s Garen" Katarina yelled.

Right now, Jarvan, Shyvana and Lux were fighting off the minions that piled up near their teams base.

Garen and Grey just destroyed an Inhibitor turret and entered the enemy base.

They found an enemy champion there, the woman from before, Kalista the summoner called her.

Grey jumped in and locked weapons with Kalista. Garen was about to join him, but then the half horse champion came in and crashed into him sending him to the ground.

Grey looked over his shoulder at his teammate. Only for a chained scythe to strike him in the chest sending him away from Kalista.

The owner of that scythe was a creature with a head similar to a skull with green flames, he was holding a green lantern in one hand and the scythe in the other.

Then another figure attacked Garen with a star mace. It was a bulky black metal armor with a cape and red eyes behind the helm.

The armor then raised his star mace and crashed it down on Garen killing him in the process.

"oh come on!" Katarina yelled as she slumped in her seat.

"Grey's on his own now" Ahri pointed out in worry.

Grey was struck with a spear from Kalista, and then the half horse came in and strapped him in the back with his spear.

"no!" Nidalee said.

"don't worry" Ahri said making the huntress look at her "hopefully, Grey will use his trump card".

Inside the match:

The half horse, Hecarim, pulled out his spear and let Grey's body fall on the floor as the other champions surrounded him.

Kalista raised her hand and pointed it at Grey. After a few seconds she started grunting "something... Is wrong".

"what do you mean?" the black armor, Mordekaiser, asked.

"I... Can't take his soul" Kalista replied before pulling back her arm.

The one with a skull head, Thresh, started laughing "amateur. Watch and learn" he said as he pointed his lantern towards Grey... Only for nothing to happen. Thresh grunted and looked at his lamp "what's wrong with this thing?" he said as he started shaking it.

"not so easy, is it?" Kalista said and received a glare.

Grey POV:

I opened my eyes to see myself inside the Abyss Watchers temple. In front of me was a statue of a wolf with a floating flame in front of it.

That was the Soul of the Blood of the Wolf. This is basically how I've been activating the power of a Lord.

I was about to take the soul, but I stopped as I felt the ground shake slightly.

Hearing a cracking noise, I turned around and saw another statue come out from the ground.

When the statue was out completely, I saw it was of some creature that had an armor of many human skeletons. His right arm was replaced by a brutal looking blade and his left hand was extending forward, as if offering something.

I recognized the statue from paintings about the old Lords... It was Nito, the Gravelord. But what is it doing here.

I looked at the hand he was extending forward. Suddenly, a white flame appeared in the palm of the bone hand.

My eyes widen realizing what the flame was "this is... Nito's soul, the soul of Death. But why is it here?".

Looking at the soul, I realized that I might be able to activate it like the Wolf blood soul.

The match was tough, and the risk was big. If there was a good time to try the soul of death, it would be now.

I took a deep breath and reached out to the white flame. It floated towards me and I held it in my hand.

I heard a voice in my head, and I knew exactly who it was "spread Death" Nito said.

Third POV:

Everyone was looking at the match in antic.i.p.ation, the silence was broken when Wolf spoke "can you feel it, little Lamb?" he chuckled.

"indeed I do, Dear Wolf" Lamb replied.

"what's up with you two?" Ezreal asked seeing Kindred expecting something.

Before they could answer, a blood freezing screech was heard all over the rif that made them turn back to the orb.

Inside the match:

The Shadow Isles champions were looking around for the source of the sound.

Thresh grunted "what's that noise?".

Black smoke started floating from the ground towards Grey. It vanished inside his body and the Abyss Watcher slowly stood up.

He was twitching like his body was made of bones. His red cape turned black and started giving off a glowing substance.

He looked at them, and dashed forward bringing down his sword for a slash that they barley dodged.

Kalista stood up from jumping away, only for Grey to grab her by the head. He raised her in the air, reeled back his sword, and stabbed her through the chest.

Her lifeless body dangled from the tip of the blade before Grey swung his sword sending her away.

Mordekaiser, Thresh and Hecarim surrounded Grey in a circle. The Abyss Watcher looked at a disadvantage.

But then he started charging for something before raising both his hands and unleashing black smoke to the surrounding area.

"you think some smoke is-" Hecarim said but then started coughing.

The other two champions joined the horseman. It seemed like their lives were being chocked out of them before they all fell on the ground, dead.

The Abyss Watcher turned to the Nexus. He walked towards it and started attacking it with his sword.

After a few seconds, he managed to destroy it "VICTORY, Demacia" the announcer said.

Grey just stood there twitching before he was covered in light and pulled out of the rift.

Everyone was looking at him wide eyed, mostly looks of fear. They all stood quietly as his body returned normal.

Meanwhile, many questions were running through Grey's head. But the most important one... How was he going to explain this to the others.

(A/N: thank you for reading this, I hope you enjoyed it, please comment in anyway you like and tell me how you like the story so far).