This was the last stand against the notorious necromancer Lucien. He had recently allowed a chaos demon to possess him that fed off of strong emotions and granted him more power. He needed to be stopped. And you almost had him…

The magic between the both of you exploded in a burst of energy. You hit your head on something hard and fell unconscious within seconds.

You sat up slowly and then saw Lucien staring down at you with a dark shadow hovering over him. He frowned at you and said coldly “You and your people have caused me a lot of trouble. May I have the name of my would be murderer?”