The Sheep Dragon by L. G. Estrella

Author:L. G. Estrella [Estrella, L. G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-26T22:00:00+00:00

The Invasion

(Set Before Two Necromancers, a Bureaucrat, and an Elf)

“Why are we here, master?” Katie fought the urge to shove the people bustling past with her shadows. It was one thing to accidentally bump into someone while walking on a crowded sidewalk but quite another to do it on purpose. The people here could clearly see her, but they were making no effort whatsoever to avoid her. If anything, they seemed glad to have found someone they could simply bowl over. One man had actually swerved to run into her. Luckily, her master had been ready with a well-placed elbow and an extended foot. There had also been several attempts by pickpockets, but after he’d bodychecked the last person to try stealing from them into a pole, the rest had given up. It was a good thing too. Katie had a zombie squirrel-cobra, and she wasn’t afraid to use it.

“I know you’re not particularly fond of crowded cities – and neither am I for reasons that should be obvious to both of us – but we do have important business here.” Her master had squared his shoulders and was busy clearing a path through the crowd for the two of them. If everyone else wanted to turn the sidewalk into a gladiatorial arena, then he would happily reciprocate. “As you know, proper preservation is key in our line of work.”

Katie nodded and hurried to keep up. He might not be the biggest person, but he was solidly built. Years of hard work and shovel-swinging had also made him as strong as an ox. As necromancers, fresh corpses were the best to work with, and there were certain techniques that required them. Sure, her necromancy could reanimate a badly decayed corpse, but the resulting zombie wasn’t likely to be good. Thankfully, their castle came with essentially limitless underground storage. The lightless caverns underneath the castle were full of doom, horror, and woe, but they were also absolutely gigantic, and their position deep beneath the castle kept them cool all year round. Her master was also adept at using runes and seals to preserve corpses, a skill she was doing her best to acquire. Sadly, though, certain corpses were highly sensitive to magic. Even carefully applied runes and seals could damage them, and there was nothing worse than tromping around in the wilderness for a week to get a rare corpse only to have it turn into a useless pile of mush. At least the ruined corpses didn’t go to waste. Sam loved cake, but he and his ilk were perfectly capable of digesting just about anything. For those special corpses, the usual approach was to put them somewhere cool and dry and hope for the best.

“But don’t we have enough storage at home to preserve whatever we want?”

“We do have a lot of storage at home, but it isn’t suitable for preserving everything. To preserve more exotic corpses, you can use a combination of alchemical and apothecary techniques to create a special preservative substance.

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