lv 1 skeleton

chapter 60

Lord, it appears that the human king has begun conscription among his population.’

‘Truly? Well, although I doubt it could change much, just keep me updated of any other changes.’

‘As you wish Lord.’

“Hmm… is he really so desperate that he had to conscript his own people?”

I was shocked when I learned that they had sent an army of 50,000 men to attack Gartmar. I had long considered that town as a second home, so I couldn’t let his action slide.

Therefore, bringing only Noc with me, we headed out and intercepted it midway. I had Noc turn them all into undead and using my Authority skill over them, sent them back to attack their own capital as a warning.

Of course there was a slight hesitation on my part and did not lightly take so many human lives. However, in the end I felt that I couldn’t show compassion to those that pointed their swords at Gartmar.

Although they tried to resist, they were no match for the prowess of Noc and I. By the time dawn arrived, we had already finished mopping them up and converting them into undead.

“Lord, this will cause you to be seen as an enemy of humanity.”

“So what? I care little about the opinions of others, but if they try to touch my property, then I have no choice but to interfere.”

I had this short chat with Noc as we flew back to Necropolis and didn’t tell the others about our little adventure.

“Where did you and Noc run off  to in the middle of the night?”

“It was a guy thing.”

“Hmm, I wonder if guys were the only part of that story….”

Although Valenor kept trying to rpy the truth out of me, I kept it a secret. I didn’t want others to know of the massacre I had committed last night.

‘You will regret your terrible actions Johra. I won’t help you unless it’s related to good deeds, I don’t care how many times you threaten to bury me!’

I had already expected for Gnoss to have some serious misgivings about yesterday’s slaughter.’

‘I was simply doing what I felt was right, stop complaining so much. And don’t you have something to tell me regarding the treatment of the Elves?’

‘Tha…that, well because you didn’t ask, I didn’t think it was worth mentioning.’

‘What are you talking about? I asked you on several occasion and you said that they were suffering appropriately. How could you have misunderstood my meaning?’

‘Well… since the Elves were kind of forced into the expedition, and had already suffered and hunted down by the humans, I thought that they had suffered enough already.’

‘Who gave you the right to make that decision? Did you ask me for my consent? You were purposely hiding the truth from me and now you’ll have to pay the price.’

‘But… you never listen to me!’

‘And why should I? When we first met you made me swear an oath and I’ve always stood by it. I’ve only now realized that despite my transparency, you’re always trying to deceive me and that there’s no longer any reason for me to keep you around. We can’t work well together if you are continuously lying to me.’

‘Johra stop! You still need me! Hey!’

Blocking out his cries for attention, I called Alpeon over.