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’Also, even though the human ’s idea sounded ridiculous, I was crazy enough to listen to him. ’ Leannan nodded for Kalla to take action, and while the battalion of Fae slowed down the small army of undead, the humans revealed to have brought each a huge sack.

They spilled the sacks ’ content on the floor, covering it with several sets of human and beast bones.

”Arise. ” At Kalla ’s command, small wisps of green fire erupted from her body, each one taking place inside one of the corpses and becoming its blood core. The bones assembled themselves in their original shape and a shroud of green flames covered them, leaving only their hands and heads exposed.

The Wights that Kalla had created were lesser undead, yet her research had allowed her to kick things up more than one notch. With a thought Kalla sent them to prey on the enemy undead, catching them by surprise.

Now Erlik ’s side had lost the advantage of numbers, giving the combined force of humans and Fae the possibility to fight one on one.

”Curse you, traitor! ” Gremlik hated Kalla for siding with the humans. He also hated her for being an Awakened, but most of all, he hated her because, despite her semi-undead state, there was no trace of fear or disgust in her allies.

Gremlik remembered all too well how he had accepted becoming an undead to save his glade from being razed to the ground by the humans, only to be banished from the same plant folks he had sacrificed everything to protect.

In a single day, he had lost everything twice, making him the man he was now. Gremlik unleashed the tier Five Spell Raging Sun that he had at the ready while chanting the next one.

Undead were naturally in tune with darkness magic while plant folks were with earth and water magic, which allowed them to use their true magic form. Yet they weren ’t Awakened, any spell that required one of the other elements they had to learn it like fake mages did.

Raging Sun was a mixture of fire and earth, which generated a powerful explosion that released flames so hot that they could melt stone. Its effects were akin to a volcanic eruption.

Using such a powerful spell was very dangerous since, aside from its caster, the energy released wouldn ’t distinguish between friends and foes. Yet Gremlik was old enough to know how to exploit the undead natural resistance to most elements.

Fire dealt little damage to them, and since the Grendel ’s allies were all plants, their bodies rich of water further reduced the effects of the Raging Sun. Even if one of them were to take its full power, they would only sustain minor wounds, whereas Kalla and her human allies had no such luck.

The explosion forced the humans to fly to safety, breaking their formation, while the undead didn ’t care one bit and pressed their advantage. As for Kalla, she was too focused on controlling her minions to react in time.

Her human body was blown away like a paper doll and slammed against one of the wooden columns that supported the Hallway ’s ceiling. She coughed out blood while rolling on the ground to smother the flames burning her clothes.

The Sapling trembled in outrage, its body had not been harmed in centuries. The ancient creature ’s spite for the undead grew once more so it sent a clear message to Erlik through the bond they now shared.

’I ’ve given you the opportunity to prove your value to me. If you vermin keep angering me, I ’ll reconsider our deal. ’