The Healer’s Way (Book 3): A Portal Progression Fantasy Series (The Healer's Way) by Kovtunov Alexey & Sapphire Oleg

Author:Kovtunov, Alexey & Sapphire, Oleg
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Magic Dome Books
Published: 2024-03-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

YES, EVERYTHING PANNED OUT the way I’d anticipated. The baron’s troops slowly made their way to the castles, stopping a little ways off to await reinforcements. Did they not realize Chernomor could sneak up and stab them in the back? Perhaps they assumed that the bulk of our forces were now concentrated at the mines ‑‑ I could only guess. In any case, the baron’s army stopped a couple of hundred meters from the ambush we’d set up for them. To “welcome” them, we’d arrange for dozens of the dead bearing explosives to bury themselves in the snow. Why reinvent the wheel?

But of course the hidden, highly-explosive zombies were just the welcoming party. Their mission was simply to sow some initial chaos and confusion in the ranks of the enemy. After them, our regular forces would enter the fray.

Right then I sat some five hundred meters from the enemy’s position listening to a detailed report from my pigeons. Victoria was with me and I was feeding her the coordinates of where to send the dead, and when to have them blow up. I’d also brought a thermos of hot tea with me to enjoy whilst sitting in the armored car. Yes, I’d come to appreciate these thermoses.

“Well, that’s too bad!” I said, seeing that I’d finished the tea.

“What...?” Victoria was trying to concentrate on controlling the herd of the dead.

“It’s nothing. I just ran out of tea,” I said, waving my hand dismissively. “Well, that means it’s time to go on the attack.”

“But the dead are cold, and so they’re moving pretty slowly. I don’t have time to situate them right,” the countess shook her head, but I simply took her hand and closed my eyes.

Eh, as usual! If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself. How to properly release the energy of death? I struggled to remember — I hadn’t done this kind of thing for a hundred years or more. But yes, I knew I needed to cast the Dance of the Dead spell to speed our undead allies up — Vika lacked the kind of control over her energy to do this.

* * *

Victoria tried her best. It was only recently that she’d honed her ability enough to control such a big horde of dead people. Not to mention that she was managing them over such a great distance. Now, though...she didn’t even ask Mikhail how he knew so many nuances of necromancy. She simply trusted him and listened to his advice, immediately putting her new knowledge into practice.

And surprisingly, each of his tips worked! Her control over her energy significantly increased, and now she was able to cast much more complex spells. And, by the say, that’s exactly what she was doing. She raised the dead, and guided them towards the enemy detachment. But that’s not where the surprises ended. Just then, Mikhail ran out of tea, and grumbling about it, he grabbed her hand. She was flustered, and tried to pull it away, but he persisted, and she felt him trying to take control of the energy.

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