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- Chapter - 39 - The Skeleton King’s New Power
The fortress was alive with motion.Kai descended from the throne, Alice and Drakar following close behind. The bone corridors hummed with energy, the torches casting their eerie blue fire across the walls. Every step he took echoed like the beat of a war drum.The Warden was waiting for him at the base of the great stair.The towering figure, encased in jagged bone armor, sank to one knee. His hollow voice reverberated through the hall. “My King, the patrol returns victorious. The beastkin tribe’s scouts lie broken in the wasteland. Their bodies now fuel your ranks.”Kai studied him closely. “Losses?”“Minimal.” The Warden’s hollow eyes flickered faintly. “Ten skeletons shattered, but their fragments were retrieved. They will rise again.”Alice nodded approvingly. “Efficient.”Kai rested his hand against the Warden’s bone-helmed head. “Good. You have served me well. But this was only the beginning. Next time, expect resistance.”The Warden bowed deeper, his voice rumbling like stones
- Chapter - 38 - The First Patrol
The fortress pulsed with anticipation.Kai stood in the war hall, bone-fire casting blue shadows across the great table. The glowing map before him shifted and rippled, showing the wastelands beyond the fortress walls. Trails of red light marked movement—faint, scattered, but unmistakable.Scouts.The other races had already begun creeping toward his domain.Kai’s jaw tightened. He had expected it, but the speed unsettled him. The world wasted no time in reacting to his return.Alice stood at his right, her silver-blue gaze cool and steady. “They probe the edges. The first of many. If ignored, they will multiply. If crushed, their leaders will take notice.”Drakar grinned on his left, teeth flashing sharp in the firelight. “Let us crush them. Blood and fear will carry your name faster than whispers ever could.”Kai’s eyes narrowed. “Not blood. Bones.”He turned toward the far end of the hall, where the heavy steps of the Warden echoed.The towering figure emerged from the shadows, its
- Chapter - 37 - Whispers Beneath the Crown
The Elven palace gleamed like starlight captured in stone.Sylvia walked through its halls with measured steps, every movement calculated, every breath controlled. She had grown up here—among vines that curled along marble columns, beneath domes that shimmered with eternal moonlight. Yet tonight, the familiar halls felt suffocating.Whispers followed her. Courtiers paused in their debates, servants stilled at their work. News of the bone-fire spreading in the wastelands had already reached every corner of the capital. The Skeleton King was not forgotten. His return—whether rumor or truth—struck fear in every elven heart.At last, the throne room doors opened.The Elven King sat upon his throne of living wood, its branches curling around him like the arms of an ancient guardian. His crown glimmered faintly, woven from moonlight and silver leaves. His eyes—sharp, discerning emerald—fixed on Sylvia as she entered.“Sylvia,” he said, his voice calm but weighted, “you have returned at a mo
- Chapter - 36 - Shadows in the Halls
The fortress pulsed with life.Kai could feel it in the marrow of its bones—the halls breathing, the torches burning brighter, the walls humming with mana. Skeletal patrols clicked steadily across the corridors, shields and spears at the ready. They no longer resembled a scattered army of forgotten dead. Now, they were organized. Disciplined. His.Alice walked at his side, silver-blue eyes scanning every shadow. Drakar followed behind in his half-human form, the sweep of his tail rattling against the floor. The sheer presence of the dragon general made the skeleton soldiers step aside with instinctive reverence.Kai stopped at a high balcony overlooking the fortress courtyard. The bone guardians patrolled like clockwork, and below them, waves of skeletal soldiers drilled in formations under Drakar’s command. Each line moved with precision, shields locking in place, spears thrusting in perfect unison.“They’re improving fast,” Kai muttered, gripping the railing.Drakar’s deep rumble ec
-Chapter - 35 - Fractured Paths
The fortress had begun to breathe again.Kai could feel it through the throne, the way its mana pulsed in rhythm with his heartbeat. The walls no longer seemed cold and abandoned. The bone-fire torches burned with vigor, casting long shadows down the corridors, and the once-silent halls echoed faintly with the steady march of skeletal patrols.Outside, the tide of skeletons that had risen from forgotten graves had reached the fortress walls. They gathered in orderly lines, silent but vigilant, their sockets glowing faintly.Kai stood at one of the high windows, watching the horizon. Beyond the crimson mist, mountains stretched jagged like fangs. The wasteland no longer felt empty—it felt alive, waiting for him to command it.Alice approached quietly, her half-human form casting a pale glow in the firelight. “The fortress responds well to you, Master. Patrols have taken to the walls. Drakar has begun training some of the stronger skeletons into specialized units. Soon, your army will b
-Chapter- 34 - The Brothers’ Divide
The throne room’s bone-fire torches had dimmed to a steady glow, but Kai did not sit long upon the throne. The fortress pulled at him, each shadowed hall whispering with secrets, each sealed chamber waiting for its new master.He rose, the ring on his finger pulsing faintly, and gestured for Alice and Drakar to follow. “We’ll see what lies deeper inside. If this place is truly mine, then I need to know every corner of it.”Alice bowed her head, her pale hair falling forward. “As you command.”Drakar snorted, his massive form rippling with restrained power. “Good. The fortress is not merely stone. It remembers. But it must be walked again to wake fully.”The three of them moved down a long, skeletal corridor, torches igniting one by one as they passed. The first chamber they entered was vast, with a black marble table stretching across its center.Maps lay etched into the stone, glowing faintly with residual mana. Regions of the portal world spread across its surface—mountains, rivers,
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