Chapter 313:
Ciero gritted his teeth.
He couldn’t bring himself to say, “It wasn’t me, it was that scum Devan who did it. I knew nothing.” Not because of some noble thought that the commander bears the sins of his subordinates, but simply because Devan was already buried down in the underground waterway. Besides, it was likely that his excuse would fall on deaf ears.
Thud, thud. Batenna Kran, now undead, had grown significantly larger than in life, his body grotesquely swollen. The noise of his footsteps grew louder with every step, and the menacing spiked mace he wielded closed in, ready to smash Ciero’s skull.
“W-Wait.”
Instead of summoning a grand miracle to combat the undead monster, Ciero opened his mouth to speak. But Batenna only sped up, charging faster. Ciero knew that being bludgeoned to death by that mace might be one way to atone for his sins.
But he couldn’t let that happen.
“I-I have your children with me!”
Just as the mace was about to crush his skull, Ciero’s desperate shout made Batenna pause. His rotting eyes, glaring through his helmet, bore into Ciero with a fiery intensity.
“You bastard… Are you using my children to threaten me?”