Finally, with a sharp intake of breath, Liam completed the ritual. The soul bead flared with a brilliant, dark light, then dimd, settling into a new, stable form. The chicken stirred, lifting his head. The beast flashed his eyes open, his eyes now completely pitch black with a faint red dot in the center for a pupil.
This was slightly different from how Shayen's eyes looked but the result was still acceptable. "It worked," Liam grinned, patting Kouske on his back. "I was correct. You helped achieve a breakthrough."
Kouske's face turned unsightly but he could no longer open his mouth. His eyes were still on the chicken. Liam had indeed succeeded in sothing he couldn't even fathom.
Slowly, the chicken rose to its feet, its movents now fluid and assured, a stark contrast to its previous erratic spasms. It tilted its head staring at Liam and stretched its wings wide. It then unexpectedly knelt on the floor.
[Master]
Liam nodded in satisfaction. He could feel the soul pulsing strongly within the beast, except that it was of a different flavor. It had sothing more now. It couldn't be life force but it was sothing similar, perhaps a will. He needed to understand more and for that he now needed to forge sothing that was more intelligent with a much stronger soul.
Liam's attention turned to the soul minion who was standing right beside him. It was ti for Kouske to beco more useful. He could currently feel it. The soul he forged had submitted to him and yet it hadn't submitted to him. Kouske's performance always left sothing lacking. He even underperford when compared to the vampire grunts he had forged. This was a travesty because in his last life this sa person shone brighter than many others with his talent shining in the spotlight.
But all of this problem would now be solved with the reforging.
Liam couldn't help but wonder how Kouske would be when he was born anew just like the chicken. Would he finally have another strong general for his army?
With a grin Liam approached the dumbfounded soul minion who clearly was unwilling and hesitant. His eyes hadn't given up hope on revenge and overthrowing Liam just yet.
However, without giving him any chance for any kind of mutiny Liam grabbed the soul in one swift motion and started working on it from the beginning. This ti around his movents flowed more easily and his rune ford without a glitch.
Though the difficulty was a lot higher with a more evolved soul with its own nuances, in a little over an hour, Liam was finally done.
Standing in front of him was a human being in an elven corpse. Liam could already sense that there would be so difficulties down the road because of this mis-match but he would leave it to Kouske to deal with his own problems.
As a talented necromancer, if the man couldn't deal with even this small thing then there was no point in forging him into a 'Risen'.
Liam waited patiently and a few minutes later Kouske flashed his eyes open. Coincidentally, his eyes were also similar to that of the chicken, pitch black except for the red dot at the center.
The new Kouske stared silently into the distance for a few seconds before he suddenly bowed to Liam, his pitch-black eyes gazing at him for a mont as he submitted to him.
"Master. Your wish is my command." Kouske mumbled.
Liam humd and inspected the guy for a mont. He was beyond thrilled with the results but he first needed to confirm so things. "Do you know who you are?" Liam asked.
"I am your soldier." Kouske's reply imdiately arrived.
"My soldier? Then how are you different from this bird?" Liam pointed to the chicken, purposefully taking a deaning tone.
However, unlike the Kouske before this one did not show any emotions. He remained calm and submissive as he answered without any ego. "At the mont there is indeed not much difference between and the bird but if my master wills it, I can beco a lot stronger. I am confident in being able to serve my master a lot better than that bird."
The chicken imdiately swiveled its head to give the guy a look as if it was saying the race is on. Kouske also did not back down and gave a hard stare to the chicken.
Liam cleared his throat snapping the two out of their private staring contest. "What about love? Do you think you will fall in love with another woman? Would you betray or your orders for that woman?"
Kouske shook his head. "If Master wills it, I will be happy to take a woman but she will always be second to my master. My master is my will, my god and everything to ."
Liam nodded. He continued asking all sorts of questions but the answers only ended up making him feel a little awkward. While he freely commanded his soul minions without any remorse or conscience, doing the sa with these 'Risen' was a little difficult.
But at the sa ti, he was not chilling and passing his ti here playing God. His purpose was to create soldiers, strong and powerful soldiers who will stand in the front lines and fight for him and his family without hesitation.
Liam looked at the man in front of him who was familiar and unfamiliar to him at the sa ti. "Go. Live freely. Beco stronger. Beco very powerful. Strive to beco even more powerful than . Go and conquer this half of our world. Build your empire. Expand into the myriad realms. Make a na for yourself in this vast cosmos. The sky is the limit. Fight to your heart's content."
"But rember. Always be ready to serve and my family at a mont's notice. You will answer when I call for you no matter what. Go. The next ti we et you should beco strong enough to serve as my right hand."
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