Mathias Thulmann 1 - Witch Hunter by Warhammer

Author:Warhammer [Warhammer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic, General
ISBN: 9781844160716
Publisher: Games Workshop
Published: 2004-03-01T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

From an overlooking rise, the witch hunter watched as the flames devoured the last of the cottage, his keen gaze alert for any sign of unnatural movement among the rubble. He’d always read that creatures such as those that had attacked him in the house were amongst the lowest and simplest of the undead, and that destruction by fire would be sufficient to end their unholy existence. But Thulmann was a cautious man and waited until the smoke began to lessen. Satisfied, he holstered the pistol he had been reloading and turned toward his companions.

“Shall we withdraw and inform his lordship that his district is now lessened by one farm?” he asked Gregor. The young noble’s face was grim, his eyes filled with a distant melancholy. Thulmann could imagine the man’s thoughts: one’s first encounter with the restless dead was always a profoundly disturbing experience. He guessed that Gregor was at that point where he was questioning the power and wisdom of Sigmar to allow such profane things to walk the earth. Thulmann himself had faced a similar dilemma when he had first seen the power of the necromancer’s arts in a crypt beneath Wolfenburg over a decade ago.

“Lead the way, Streng,” Thulmann told his henchman. “I want to be back at the keep in time for his lordship to invite us to dinner.”

Streng grinned at the comment, urging his steed to turn around and gallop off in the direction of Klausner Keep. Gregor extracted himself somewhat from his brooding thoughts and followed Streng’s lead.

Thulmann studied the man for a moment. In the face of such unholy visitations, it was all very well to question the power of the gods, the witch hunter thought, so long as one drew the correct conclusion. Anything else was the first step on the path of heresy. Thulmann hoped that Gregor would reach the right conclusion.

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