![]() ![]() “Yes, I'll give you two hundred dead to start setting up protection runes around the camp, work areas, and the roads between them. Jaris was waiting outside, studying the dead city with melancholy eyes. Not waiting for a reply, he made his leave, there was much to do and very little time. I'll get started immediately,” Keir said. “You have five days, we leave on the morning of the sixth.” “There are some damaged wagons that can be repaired, harnessing the demon dead to them will mean a few more weeks of food and more weapons.” Colonel Moreno tapped his desk. With all the mages helping me, careful placement of runes to amplify and direct the magical energy properly, and using the overwhelming necromantic energy that is saturating the city, we can do something I'd only practiced on a much smaller scale.” “Those were desperate measures, using brute force and raw power. “How will you manage that? Raising several thousand drained you and the other mages.” Even for a continent wracked by genocidal war, that type of army was not to be idly cast aside. The Undying Army had numbered a million professional soldiers and dead before Keir, his heir and his most important officers and mages had been assassinated. If I have five days, we'll have an army that would rival the Undying Army at its peak.” “I understand, but the scouts and ghosts haven't seen anything other than small packs of demons within three days of the city. “I don't like being in enemy territory for any longer than I need to be.” The Colonel leaned back in his chair, scratching his chin. “I'd like to request a wait, I need five days to perform a ritual that could mean victory or defeat.” “We've reached the granaries and armoury, with the dead working through the night we should have everything in three days, and can return to base on the fourth.” How much longer will it take to gather the supplies?” Keir asked. ![]() “Yes it did Colonel, and I now have what I need for a special project. “Mage Keira, I trust your errand went well,” Colonel Moreno said. Keir was glad to see it, this was going to be a long war and defeatists could bring it all crashing down. There was a hint of iron and hope when he spoke now. The hopelessness and fear that had filled the mans dark eyes when they'd first met had faded. Colonel Moreno was at his makeshift desk looking over reports when Keir entered the mostly intact building. ![]()
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