The Oldest Living Vampire Unleashed by Joseph Duncan

Author:Joseph Duncan [Duncan, Joseph]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cobra E-books
Published: 2017-11-07T05:00:00+00:00

9

Taking up our courage, taking up our weapons and banners, we marched for Uroboros.

It was perhaps a day or two too soon. There were still two outranging patrols that had yet to return, but my act of defiance, beheading the God King’s majordomo, had enflamed the passions of the citizenry. Before, there had been the understanding that we must fight, even though the odds were stacked against us. Now there was a feeling that we could-- we would-- vanquish our enemies. That sudden shining optimism, the conviction that fate now smiled favorably upon us, had an irresistible momentum, and I was unwilling to let it pass.

The mortal denizens of Asharoth were delirious with excitement. The God King had haunted them all of their lives. His slavers had hounded them, his Masters had subjugated them and his minions had fed upon them like ravenous leeches, for generation after generation. And now we would challenge them. Now we would cast them down from their mountain. Now we would sweep away the shadow that had lain upon the world for as long as mortal man’s recall.

We were going to bring it all to an end!

Our mortal brothers and sisters followed us from the city, singing our praises, casting flowers onto our path. They laughed and danced with us, shouting encouragement and blessings. A handful of mortal children, who were up way past their bedtime, raced beside us with their little bows and spears. Mortal men took up arms and fell into step at our side. Their wives dragged at their waists, pleading with them to stay, but they would not be turned from their intent, not by tears, not by curses, not by promises or threats. War had come, and though they had chosen to live their lives in the sun, they felt that they must fight. For their wives, who begged them not to go. For their children with their little bows and spears.

I marched at the head of this lunatic parade, pumping Edron’s skull in the air like a drum major’s baton. Even as I marched, my couriers went racing away with his Divided body. “Take the pieces to the ends of the earth,” I told them. “I care not where you hide them, but choose the places well, and tell no one where you have hidden them!”

Zenzele marched at my side, wagging her arms energetically, eyes set on Uroboros. Vehnfear loped ahead of us, tail stiff with excitement. Our generals came and went as we summoned them to us and sent them away with fresh orders.

“Take your units north as soon as you are clear of the pass,” I said to Rayna as she jogged alongside me. “I want you to cross up and around the great riverlands before heading to Fen’Dagher. Join with Tapas and his men if you can find them. Your only concern is the liberation of the Tanti. Get them away from Uroboros. If the God King has already disposed of them-- and I’m fairly certain he will-- then you are to liberate as many slaves as you can.

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