CHAPTER 48

 It is the third one to attack us this week, why the hell do they choose the cemeteries? It is that they do not suspect that living here makes us prepare for everything, in short it is time to find out if the new members of the squadron will give the necessary, the bullet shows it is careful and quite fast, a murderer I guess, the slime discovered it long ago, in these three years have acquired a very great instinct, almost unbelievable, but they are no match for the knives and fast feet, for that I have some more.

 The footsteps are easy, the terrain is large and clear, here they already make a huge amount of bodies, product of the uprising of King Lich, that cursed one attacks our ranks with everything we lose, no matter if it is a bird or a wolf, that obviate the humans, elves and dwarves, just remember that day, the Nagas arrive with their eggs, fleeing from a horde of undead dwarves, The bodies of the humans who fell during our battle against the Stormhammer mercenaries and Bloody Coin, suddenly standing, raising their swords against every living thing, the forest gaining more power and growing at an unimaginable rate, now encompassing the entire mountain, the humans taking refuge here, more afraid of death than what these places hold, my need to stay, to provide a field to filter all the corruption from the second front. ... well, but that doesn't matter right now, let's see.

 Already arrived at the first graves, saw a starving wolf, one of the last that escaped the reigning chaos uprising, the poor thing can't adapt here, hasn't growled and the murderer has already pierced it with a knife, it was quite fast, the poor animal just lets out a sigh, if only he would strip it of its flesh, even give it a burial .... a prayer for the animal to rest in peace, but no, he scoffs because it's not his level, let's see what he thinks about something of his level, attack! . The first arm has no hand, they chose that way, it comes out of the ground and sticks into the depth of his calf, from his mouth comes only a choked scream, at that moment the rest of the hands come out, they take him by the feet, he reacts with panic, I guess he fears that they are the hordes of the armies of the dead that daily scourge the outskirts of his cities, but it is not the case, I wish he would surrender, but he will not, I know this, I have seen it too many times, they believe they are fighting for humanity, freedom or some higher ideal, a few skeletons in the background sink, apparently they will not be necessary, the spirits they incarnate come to thank me, one of them was a general in this skirmish (compared to what we live day by day, the battle against the cities was no big deal) says that the runes on the bones give him perfect control, that he will make sure that no importunate come to bother, what people do not know is that behind that cemetery there is a human settlement, There they harvest, eat and are happy not to have fallen to the corruption of our second enemy, that is what the dead mercenaries defend, with that of the decrees of the great cities of Green, where they give reward for the heads of those who joined the ranks of the Darklord.

 That's what they call him now, Dark Lord, as if it were a luxury he sought, almost like a title of nobility, before he passed for a warrior, now, after how he arrived, if he ever wakes up, only we will recognize him, for others he will be a figure of terror, an abominable being who raised his weapons against the world, did we do that? No! We just lived our lives, some after the betrayal of his people, others seeking revenge, he sought peace, he almost got it that day three years ago.

 -When the bird returned, I feared he had not arrived in time, but it was not the case, he had run out of strength in the mountains, he told me that he had died several times to protect him from the worst of the attack launched by a necromancer king who fled with a dying lord, I went to him immediately, he was very bad, his whole body was burned, his armor was burned, the only thing that remained with shine was his sword, I took care of him, I removed the pieces of leather that stuck to his skin, I removed them with care, and I was afraid that one of those pieces took the boiled and damaged skin, leaving only living tissue - I healed him daily.

-I have healed him every day, but he will not wake up, every day I tell him what is happening, of the elves returning to the coast, of his letter of goodwill, where the king accuses a human of having killed his daughter, the princess, where they will use every last bit of their magic to defeat the three great threats that loom over Green Leaf, I don't know if with his knowledge, if in fact his former sage sold her out for power, or even as a chapatrueno, and I suspect he used the excuse to put himself back in charge, Your daughter, no matter what we do, we have not been able to approach, only the mages, with a preparation to face the corruption of the place once known as the sacred bastion and now known only for its crystal valleys and poison wells, no one has reached the place itself, In the other mountain ranges are the hordes of King Lich, I do not understand why his troops are always marching to the south, he is far from his ally, far from us, and the people in the south are weak, uncivilized, they are villages founded after the elven exile, but without knowledge or culture -.

 -gons.

- Who said that?

 -Lilith, those are the dragons.

- Sir, are you awake? -.

 -No, you did well, I'm proud of you Lilith, don't worry, our next step is more important, I have to go to the elf king's castle, I have to find ways to close this abomination, Chapatrueno is out, I know it, I can feel it, he went to save all the dwarves of the mountains, you've organized this place well, I think you'll make an excellent guardian, I'll go alone.

 -He is alive, give him time to recover, I am sure we will be able to resist, there is no need to rush him, he has suffered a lot, he deserves a rest.

 -You don't know, that's why you don't understand my fear, the lich didn't go south for fun or to be out of reach of my wrath, that's where the bones of the dragons rest, they existed millennia ago, if he manages to revive any of them our fight will be complicated, we need all the haste and all the help we can get as this threat consolidates.

 -But all the cities are preparing, the humans allied with the elves are learning new magic, they are making new weapons, they have even formed a squadron of magicians who only know how to kill, they call themselves the Capanegra, not to mention the fact that there are mercenaries patrolling our lands, They all hunt our people, every time we defend ourselves they send more troops, the cities are preparing to destroy us without knowing who is responsible for everything, not to mention the Lich who seeks the silence of death throughout the continent, not to mention Morgana, Lady of Chaos, who wants to engulf everything in madness…

 -I am still weak, so you will have to take charge while I recover, but do not be afraid, those who attack us will be repelled, if they invade us, they will be destroyed, I tell you, I tell everyone to come and get us! -.