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Chapter 54. Reive
curse! Angel... that had been his last thought before the girl fell unconscious into his arms. Dying. Like a snowflake melting in front of him.
Reive didn’t have to shift focus to see the flows of twilight. He knew what had happened. Alas, he hadn’t been able to be see the approach of the curse. Human eyes were not designed for that, unless of course they were the transformed eyes of the undead.
That’s why only when the curse went into effect, did Reive see the black spider as large as life on the girl’s solar plexus.
People gathered around Angelina and the necromancer. They made noise, tried to give advice and called for the healers. Reive paid them no attention. It was a matter of seconds. If he didn’t stop the curse, it would take Angelina’s life.
The Undead King was rather competent at curses. In his time, he had himself created many invocations that had been almost impossible to break. It
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Do not awaken the Undead king Chapter 55. Reive
Zomzom nodded again.A wave of fury burst inside the necromancer. It seemed like the air in the room wavered when the Dark suddenly started vibrating.Firel felt its owner’s anger.“And why the dead dragon didn’t you say anything?” Reive snapped, ready by a wave of his hand to turn the undead into dust. He stopped himself the moment when he realized the loss of his servant after the outburst of twilight magic would give rise to a lot of questions.Zomzom shuddered, as if feeling a qualm of fear. Then, he opened his mouth and pointed his finger into the black hole.Reive grimaced, “Stay here and don’t let anyone in without me knowing,” the necromancer ordered, already turning to the door. “Even the druids. I’ll get back by evening. I hope we won’t need any help then. Otherwise...”The necromancer paused. He didn’t want to think about that at all. Suddenly, when he b
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The boy vanished into thin air. His fate didn’t concern Reive anymore.He wiped his blood-stained hands and quitted the den, leaving behind about twenty people infected with a mortal curse. They were mainly thieves like those who’d attacked Reive the night before. There also were common people who’d hit bottom because of poverty or not having enough backbone.Reive wasn’t sorry for any of them. Something inside him stirred unpleasantly as he walked home late in the evening and sensed his first accursed victim had died. A powerful flow of the Dark, poisoned with human fear of death, passed through him, filling up his anarel, enlarging it and temporarily increasing his magic power. During the next hour, the energy of the other victims would flow in. The necromancer didn’t feel remorse. Something familiar was pulsating inside him. Something glad that the Undead King had decided to return. And that he wasn’t dead anymore.Du
Do not awaken the Undead king Chapter 57. Angelina
I had no idea what’d happened and how I ended up in bed. As if a piece of my memory had been erased. I just opened my eyes in the morning, as if I’d woken up after a long sleep. The room wasn’t familiar, my party dress made me think I’d just dropped off in my clothes.“Reive?” that was the first thing I said on seeing the necromancer sitting beside me in a chic crimson chair.By the way, the rooms were just amazing. Twice as big as the previous ones, luxuriously furnished, with ornamental carvings on the furniture and drawings right on the walls.“Reive! Where are we? And what the draugr am I doing in bed with my clothes on?”The necromancer smiled, put his cup of aromatic coffee aside and came up to me. The bed sank under his weight. This time, I tried so hard not to blush because we were in the same bed again. I wasn’t naked so why should I have worried about that?“Little one, you faint
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Blood, blood everywhere. When he closed his eyes, a red haze spread beneath his eyelids, seeping into him, bringing poison.Blood. Wet and sticky. All over arms, clothes and armor. Mountains of corpses underfoot. And he, Reive Eridanus Castro-Firel, guilty of the death of each one. The Undead King!Since when had the ghosts of the past turned into nightmares chasing at his heels? Since when had he begun to care about the lives of those whose dead bodies he had stepped on to rise to greatness? To power and strength. To might, such as had never been seen on earth before.The necromancer walked along the castle corridors but saw before him only the paths of the past. Again, they floated before his eyes, like the agony of a dying man watching his own life during the seconds before his death.Now, Shaina Dellmar emerged in front of him. His ex-wife. He had only to close his eyes and her image appeared in his head. Evil laughter echoed from the walls, turning i
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She leant towards him, cuddling up against him with her high breasts tightened in her bodice and drew him closer by the lapels of his shirt. For a split second, their lips touched, then Reive moved back, pushing the witch away. At first, there was confusion in Livia’s eyes, but then, when she realized he had spurned her once again – outright fury, “What are you...” she began to say, but suddenly, she had a fit of coughing. She grasped her throat, swallowing repeatedly in torment.Suddenly she turned a completely different look on the necromancer. Fearful. Her eyes were now full of bewilderment and disbelief.Reive smiled. Yeah, he liked seeing Livia Rendan look like this.“You’re correct, Your Grace,” he said calmly, seating himself in the armchair that she had occupied. “You’re feeling how the curse is coursing through your body, aren’t you? Because you’re Firel’s strongest necromancer! I&r
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Do not awaken the Undead king Chapter 62. Angelina
By lunch time, I had finally got myself out of bed. I was brought breakfast and lunch right into my room, about which I was incredibly surprised, confused and, frankly speaking, happy. I was a real lover of hearty meals. Especially since I’d rarely had the chance to please my stomach with fried tomatoes in prawn sauce, freshly baked bread with sunflower seeds, and freshly squeezed dragonfruit juice. This was only the first part of the meal! I even thought that the eggplant omelet with spicy sausages, flavored pastry and an orange mousse were for two people. For Reive and me. However, it turned out Earl Eridanus had breakfast long ago.The same thing at lunch. Again, I was happier than ever. It turned out a potter’s adopted daughter needed so little to be happy – only a couple of buns and a plate of delicious food. Good that Reive didn’t see me. He’d have thought me a hungry village hick.Anyway, in the afternoon, I finally came to myself.
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