Chapter 186: The Living Dead (1)
**** Content warning for the next few Chapters ****
- Gore
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Evanna glanced from the Demon Prince to the four rotting bodies standing behind him, holding axes, shields, and wearing helmets with long beards belonging to a kind Evanna thought was long extinct. But from the age of the bodies, it was clear dwarves were still roaming the realm. After meeting a fairy and the faceless, Evanna was now accustomed to peculiar situations and discovering things meant to stay hidden.
"Evanna, - don’t let this elf trick you. Once he gets what he wants, he will throw you away like you’re nothing.-" Conrad spoke to her in the northern tongue and glared in Arawn’s direction before holding his hand out for her. "- I can help you. -"
Evanna stared at Conrad’s outstretched hand, then to his face with her eyebrows pinched together. "-You claim to help by.." She flicked her gaze to the dead dwarves. "-Raising the dead?-"
Saying it aloud, even with the evidence in front of her, still seemed bizarre. It shouldn’t have. Conrad could already control recently deceased beings, so rising older bodies from the ground shouldn’t be so abnormal. But if she didn’t know about these powers, what else could the Demon Prince do?
"- They are for protection and for my runaway bride..-" Conrad smirked, then eyed Prince Arawn with disdain.
"*Evanna, are all Princes in the human kingdoms so rude?*" Arawn asked. "*Or does he stare out of jealousy?*"