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don’t need to hide anything from you. Remember this half human/half skeleton face, for if you test your ambitions against me, it will be the last thing you ever see before I banish you to the planes of hell. You will enjoy your first taste of the flames. But enough of these petty pissing contests,” he said absently dismissing the conflict with a wave of his skeleton hand.
It gave off a cold glow under the moonlight.
“Anais has a task for you.” He then proceeded to tell Cornelius what that task was.
“He wants me to go to the Vae Victis headquarters and give the possession leader a proposal?” Cornelius asked with a look of disbelief.
“And what am I supposed to do? Walk in and tell the enemy that wants each of us dead that I’m sorry we just burnt two of your compounds to the ground and attacked three others, but we will like to talk?”
He snorted in anger.
“Am I supposed to believe that they will respect any olive branch I might offer or is it expected that the messager will get his head cut off to give their response?”
“Stop being an idiot general. Idiocy is not for someone of your standing in the dark lord’s armies. If a sacrifice is needed, we could always send one of those mindless pets you keep in your wine cellar. Do not assume my dislike for you will in any way effect the dark lord’s wishes or plans. You’re not that important of a threat to me. As for getting in…” He shrugged his shoulders.
“A creature with your power and talents should have no problems. It’s convincing the enemy you should be allowed to leave with your head attached that might prove difficult. But after you give the proposal, you should be safe enough. Call it an inquiry, if you will.”
“And his proposal, omnipotent?”
“Tell him that we have the commander of his guards of Gabriel. If he wants to see her whole once more, he will take our offer. Make sure you tell him that we will not kill her but we will turn her soul dark against her will. That’s worse than death. Anais offers a trade, the girl for him. He is to come to us once his organ falls into alignment. If he refuses, the girl’s soul becomes forfeit.”
“I’m curious as to why would he agree to such a suicidal offer when we know Anais will just kill the girl anyway?”
“There are two things that will drive him to accept. One, he will believe himself clever enough to halt the dark lord before he realigns. Plus, two words, guilt and duty. Both are heavy burdens to bear and both can eat at the soul. For one of the ones who walk in the light, he has no choice.”
“I hear the dark lord’s omnipotent and will obey.”
“Know this general, time for games has passed. Anais and, soon, the dark lord will make the rules now.”
*****
“Kimiko I need you to get back to the troops. If you are to hold that unit together, you must show them that you hold the position by right of skill. Their commander is M.I.A. and presumed dead. As second in command, you will lead the guards until a replacement can be found.”
Data support PPH system appeared amongst them. There was only Kimiko, him, and Thomas in the room after Kimiko returned with news of the ambushes.
“Possession leader, you are needed on the main level. My systems have detected an intruder alert. Security personnel has the situation contained for now, but the intruder is asking to speak to you and also shut down our shields as he has come to parley.”
To ask who the intruder is was pointless, only the shadows of Anais had the power to appear almost out of thin air and need their protector shields to be shut down.
“Kill him. Have our security forces handle him and tell them to burn the body. It will be no negotiations with an enemy that has already killed many of our people. Do it and be done with it. It will send Anais a message, we take no prisoners.”
“Nathan, you’re not supposed to kill an enemy that has come to parley,” said Thomas. He was able to walk a
It gave off a cold glow under the moonlight.
“Anais has a task for you.” He then proceeded to tell Cornelius what that task was.
“He wants me to go to the Vae Victis headquarters and give the possession leader a proposal?” Cornelius asked with a look of disbelief.
“And what am I supposed to do? Walk in and tell the enemy that wants each of us dead that I’m sorry we just burnt two of your compounds to the ground and attacked three others, but we will like to talk?”
He snorted in anger.
“Am I supposed to believe that they will respect any olive branch I might offer or is it expected that the messager will get his head cut off to give their response?”
“Stop being an idiot general. Idiocy is not for someone of your standing in the dark lord’s armies. If a sacrifice is needed, we could always send one of those mindless pets you keep in your wine cellar. Do not assume my dislike for you will in any way effect the dark lord’s wishes or plans. You’re not that important of a threat to me. As for getting in…” He shrugged his shoulders.
“A creature with your power and talents should have no problems. It’s convincing the enemy you should be allowed to leave with your head attached that might prove difficult. But after you give the proposal, you should be safe enough. Call it an inquiry, if you will.”
“And his proposal, omnipotent?”
“Tell him that we have the commander of his guards of Gabriel. If he wants to see her whole once more, he will take our offer. Make sure you tell him that we will not kill her but we will turn her soul dark against her will. That’s worse than death. Anais offers a trade, the girl for him. He is to come to us once his organ falls into alignment. If he refuses, the girl’s soul becomes forfeit.”
“I’m curious as to why would he agree to such a suicidal offer when we know Anais will just kill the girl anyway?”
“There are two things that will drive him to accept. One, he will believe himself clever enough to halt the dark lord before he realigns. Plus, two words, guilt and duty. Both are heavy burdens to bear and both can eat at the soul. For one of the ones who walk in the light, he has no choice.”
“I hear the dark lord’s omnipotent and will obey.”
“Know this general, time for games has passed. Anais and, soon, the dark lord will make the rules now.”
*****
“Kimiko I need you to get back to the troops. If you are to hold that unit together, you must show them that you hold the position by right of skill. Their commander is M.I.A. and presumed dead. As second in command, you will lead the guards until a replacement can be found.”
Data support PPH system appeared amongst them. There was only Kimiko, him, and Thomas in the room after Kimiko returned with news of the ambushes.
“Possession leader, you are needed on the main level. My systems have detected an intruder alert. Security personnel has the situation contained for now, but the intruder is asking to speak to you and also shut down our shields as he has come to parley.”
To ask who the intruder is was pointless, only the shadows of Anais had the power to appear almost out of thin air and need their protector shields to be shut down.
“Kill him. Have our security forces handle him and tell them to burn the body. It will be no negotiations with an enemy that has already killed many of our people. Do it and be done with it. It will send Anais a message, we take no prisoners.”
“Nathan, you’re not supposed to kill an enemy that has come to parley,” said Thomas. He was able to walk a
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