Dominatrix System

Chapter 182: Eruption of the Dead

The cart was moving, and the streets were oddly empty as I moved through the dark noble area. There were guards once and a while, but much less than normal. As I looked around, I felt a presence of some type slowly starts to focus on me with an almost bored appreciation.

Those eyes left and continued on while the fire in the sky's twilight died. The streets were more barren than normal, making me stand out. It felt odd, and this wasn't part of the plan at all. Kara was hidden under a simplistic blanket as I stuck out like a sore thumb. The guards watched me irregularly as I drove my carriage down the street, and I started to feel increasingly alone on these streets. Guards were around mansions, and those yards were locked up like a fort and ready for war. They paid little attention to me as I drove down the streets.

With the attack of that swordsman earlier, I couldn't help but feel even more exposed than I should. The plan was to erupt any minute now, and the necromancers were supposed to be moving soon. They were already late as the first distractions already hit home, and the guards were now sparse around the city. If they did not attack soon, I would be more exposed than I wanted.

My thoughts were moving, and I was gathering myself to pick up Kara and ditch the carriage. I no longer needed it and could quickly take what was worth something. I put it in the carriage to make it blend before running. Leaving the Noble district would be extremely difficult if the Necromancer guild stayed put. Trying to leave it should be simpler, but my spine was tingling.

Someone was watching me, following me, but I felt no hostility, and my spine shivered. I noticed that I was reaching the gate of the barrier of the walls to exit the noble district into the poorer sections of the city. From there, it would be easier to move, and I would practically be back in the Bloody Candies gang territory.

Each second, I doubted and looked around more and more. Dark homes and shops in the noble district had me on edge like I was in a horror movie. More and more, my spine tingled, and I grabbed my knife, palmed it in my hand, and got ready as I reached the gate. The guards as I reached were the only people in view as I approached.

"HALT!" A guard yelled out, and I slowed the carriage. "What are you delivering on such a night after the emergency bells went out?" The guard asked suspiciously, "Leaving the Noble district while the city gangs are making a fuss?" The guard continued, and I felt his suspicion of me heightened with every word he said.

The other guard looked alarmed, and I knew there were only two ways out of this, either with dead guards or bribed guards. I had only one attempt. Otherwise, they would raise the alarm. "Gentlemen," I said with a smile, "I have barely even seen any guards on the street since I left the lord's estate," I said, still not showing my face. Instead, with my free hand, I pulled out gold coins and flipped them into my hands obviously. "The Lord would be most grateful if this found his way to his friend with haste," I said, pointing to the carriage behind me, and the guards looked at me with more suspicion.

I wanted to wince as five more gold coins showed, and I grinned, showing my teeth. "Each," I said as if reciting a magic spell. Both guards looked at each other and then around, only for my spine to tingle and my head to snap to the right.

The guards also turned, looked out the gate, and looked in the same direction I was, and I quickly snapped at my horses. "MOVE!" I yelled as if I was in a panic, and the guards started running to close the gate. The carriage moved forward, and the guards started ringing the alarm due to the sight of skeletons and zombies raising a loud sound.

The gate came crashing down seconds after I left the gate, and my spine tingled as the bells rang throughout the city. Then a roar echoed through the city that made me turn towards where the fires had been and only slightly continued to burn. "SOLDIERS GATHER AND ELIMINATE THE ENEMY! MARSHAL LAW IS IN PLACE!" A Male voice echoed throughout the city as the dead came out from every corner, and the screams started to echo.