"What?"
Blair, behind , asked in surprise. The guildmaster nodded.
"Where is he?"
"He’s still in the village ."
My excitent reached its maximum. It was really good i had decided to co instead of sending Donovan along with Blair. That had been my plan at first.
"That’s good. Prepare the carriage we’ll be leaving now before he escapes."
I stood up and nodded to the stunned guildmaster and headed for the door.
"But, young master, you haven’t had your al yet."
He said before I luna closed the door behind him.
"Sir Kolren really did a good job, I wasn’t sure he would deliver."
Blair said as we walked out of the guild. I covered my nose the mont we stepped out. So people, mostly dirty children, had surrounded the carriage and were listening to Donovan who was telling them who knows what.
The mont i appeared Donovan whispered to them and they all moved aside creating a pathway for except for two little children ,probably five years old identical boys.
"Do you need sothing?"
I stopped in front of them and looked down at them. They didn’t flinch but held each others hand tighter. I was in a good mood so i decided to entertain them.
"Are you a big noble from the capital?"
One of the boys asked he was the one holding the other againsthim clearlythe older of the two. Their purple eyes shine even without the sun that was the only redeeming feature about their emaciated body.
"Yes."
I answered coldly. They didn’t flinch.
"Can you take us with you?"
He asked again. Everyone around us gasped but i liked their courage.
"No."
I shut down their hope.
"Can you..." he paused as if thinking of another request, "..so food then."
I chuckled.
"How about we make a deal.." i took out the new strengthening potion i had been brewing but it had not been tested and held it infront of them," I’ll buy you food but you have to drink this first."
The older one looked at the potions then at his brother and opened his mouth..
"I can drink it if they don’t want my lord."
Soone from the crowd said before the two could answer. There was a scream before the sound of a body hitting the ground ca. I didn’t look up.
"How about it. If you manage to arrive at the capital I’ll take you in and treat you as my family. "
This seed to have gotten the oldest one. He took the two potions and opened one and gave it to his brother and drank the other one.
"You promise if we co to the capital you will take us in."
I rubbed his head.
"Of course, just say my na at the gates I’ll have soone waiting for you."
"Okay."
I turned to see the guildmaster at the door looking at in confusion. Maybe he’s never seen a kind nobel.
"Sir Kolren, if it doesn’t inconvenience you i would like to place an order for food for this two boys and you can also feed this other ones."
The surrounding cheered. I turned back to the boys and slipped them three silver coins in older ones hand and got into the carriage.
"Get new gloves. "
Luna presented to new one and i took off the ones i was wearing.
"Why would you give them strengthening potions master?"
Luna asked curiously as she helped put on my gloves.
"Its a new potions i added so DNA into it i wanted to see if we can produce another Isis since she integrated with the mimic DNA."
I had been able to intergrade the DNA into their slaves but the results weren’t as satisfactory. Most of them were overwheld by the monsters DNA and they would eventually turn to chiras since the DNA would mix and each choose a part of their bodies to develop.
They were horrendous to look at.
"But why those children they’re barely strong and you can see that they are malnutritioned?"
Luna insisted.
"Thats the thing, if a normal person were that thin they would be bedridden or even dead but those two are walking quite fine and they can talk well doesn’t that strike you as odd?"
Luna’s eyes widened.
"Yes i did wonder but they might have eaten sothing before we ca."
I shrugged at that.
"Never the less their courage was sothing that pulled in. No commoner would ever stand infront of a noble without expecting death."
"Yes they were oddly calm."
"They’re spirits," luna let go of my hand in surprise, " half spirits. "
"That explains their eyes."
I nodded.
"Young master we’ve arrived. "
Donovan’s voice cut our conversation short. I had not noticed since i was absorbed in our talk.
We got out of the carriage and the scent of blood greeted . The carriage had co to a stop just a few steps from the village entrance but i could already see the trails of blood.
This was made from soone who had clearly been trying to escape and had to be drugged back.
The village looked dilapidated. Barely standing mud houses with grass for roofs and pitiful crops that seed to have survived by sheer luck.
The bushes beside us shook before two n erge from it.
"They’re from the guild."
Blair said before luna could attack.
"Master Blair, the necromancer is still inside the village he hasn’t left."
The n said glancing worriedly at the dead silence village. The only sound were that of cicadas.
"What house does he live in?"
I asked blair since had had visited him once.
"At the very end of the village. "
I nodded and turned to luna.
"Lets go. "
"Young master i should co with....."
Donovan started but i raised my hand cutting him off.
"If i don’t co out in half a sand glass you can co and see."
Donovan sighed and nodded.
"Be careful young master."
Blair said his voice carried in the wind. I nodded and we walked towards the village .
"There aren’t any bodies. "
Luna said as we walked deeper into the village. All the doors were left open and so of them had co of their hinges . This was the very definition of a dead village.
The lack of bodies further made it more horrifying but that wouldn’t deter from finding my necromancer. The cruelty he had shown felt more like an audition. He probably had all the bodies.
I reached the only house at the end of the village with a clean courtyard and not a single drop of blood around it and knocked.
"Anyone ho?"
My voice was loud against the quiet village as i knocked against the door, there was so shuffling behind the door before it was opened.
The person who opened the door was wearing a long coat and had half of their face covered with a black cloth and also their head covered. Only pink eyes were visible from his covered face.
"Are you the necromancer?"
I asked directly.
"Yes. If you are coming to ask to work for you then the answer is no."
"But i don’t take no for an answer. "
I said calmly. The necromancer burst into laughter .
"You entitled nobles are the worst since you don’t want to listen then its better you join the village."
There were growling sounds before people started getting out of the open houses and moving towards us. I could recognise them since i often had problems with them.
Zombies.
One of the many undead species a necromancer could create. It seems ours here decided to go with the most generic.
"Why on earth would you kill a whole village that seed to have housed you?"
I asked curiously. Luna had drawn her sword and was standing by the courtyard fence waiting for them to arrive.
"Its non of you business you’re going to die anyway."
"Is it because they betrayed your location?"
I insisted. Killing seed illogical especially after Blair visited her more than six days ago. If she wanted to run she should have already run.
"Or is it because you’re a woman masquerading as a man?"
That seed to hit the trigger button. She attacked . She threw a kick at my side but i caught her leg. She twisted around using my hold as balance and aid for my neck. I caught her other leg.
A black spell circle appeared in front of her then the ground underneath started to tremble. I jumped back letting her go.
A large skeletal hand shot out from the ground before its body followed tearing the courtyard apart . This forced to move back until i was next to luna who had finished killing the slow zombies.
The thing that ca out of the ground was a creature i was familiar with. A wyvern. It was a skeleton but still a wyvern.
I half expected it to fly but to my disappointnt it didn’t it was just a skeleton.
The necromancer was standing on top of it as she looked down at smugly.
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