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Darius
With a swipe of my sword, I slice through the Soulless’ neck,
severing bone and sinew along with the creature’s connection to
its master. Tugging a cloth from my pocket, I wipe away the
Soulless’ black blood from my blade, watching its cloak of ruby
flecked, black shadows disperse on the wind, returning to its patron’s
goddess as the undead’s body returns to its natural state.
Dead. Unanimated. Decomposing. No more glowing red eyes, no more
death magic, and no more insatiable need for blood. Just as it should be.
Just as it should have always been.
Hearing a screech, I turn toward the sound and find a Soulless snapping
at Kace’s neck. The Nature fae’s blue eyes are widened comically as he
extends his arm to keep the mindless creature at bay. When his emerald
jewels illuminate, I watch and wait, expecting him to use his Nature magic
to defend himself. But I’m proven wrong when the battle hardened fae
begins slapping at the demon’s face, screeching like a female. Sighing, I
press my boot to the mud-slicked ground, ready to assist, when a sword
suddenly spears through its skull.
Griffin, a large male with cropped brown hair and the markings of an
Air immortal with a sapphire and starlight jewel near the outer corner of
each eye, appears calm and collected as he tugs the sword free from the
creature’s skull. Even when the Soulless’ body slides down Kace’s, leaving
a trail of putrid body fluids in its wake.
“Oh, gods!” Kace snaps forward on a gag, retching over the crumbled
dead.
“You probably shouldn’t be hanging your head directly over its rotting
corpse,” Griffin says, his lumbering footsteps rising in volume until he
reaches my side. “I imagine the scent of decay is much more potent when
you’re all but rubbing your nose in it.” He shrugs, seeming indifferent. “Just
a suggestion.”
Intelligent enough to accept his advice, Kace kicks the Soulless away,
then resumes his heaving.
Giving Kace a moment to himself, I look over all the lifeless creatures
scattered across the forest floor. Several appear just as they always do.
Emaciated, hairless, with leathery, sunken skin. Of course, one could never
forget their clawed hands and dagger-like fangs, made even deadlier when
their jaw widens enough to swallow an adult male’s head whole. Better to
suck your blood and your soul along with it, I suppose.
Most of them
obviously passed some time ago, but for some, the lack of decomposition is
concerning. They still have patches of hair and their skin oozes as if
transitioning to their companions’ leathery state. They’re fresh, which
means they haven’t been dead long. It’s rare to find freshly deceased
Soulless, and there’s four in this party alone.
Where did you come from?
They must have come from somewhere, and these Soulless have been
dead no more than a month. Eyeing the dead’s clothing, I notice their leather
vest and trousers. A material not made available to Brecca – home to the
Soulless’ masters – but guaranteed to be in any male Cascadonian’s
wardrobe.
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