1284 The Mark of the Lich (Part 2)

"What do you need us for?" Nok trotted right behind his sister who was being dragged by her arm.

"To stop me when I beat Kalla to an inch from death! It's supposed to be a punishment, not a reward!" Scarlett snarled.

She flung the Necromancy lab's door open while projecting a wave of darkness magic to protect herself from the stench and kill the flies that she was certain that plagued the place.

Yet it didn't help her to prepare for what appeared in front of her eyes. The lab was spotless, with not a speck of dirt or blood thanks to several undead rats with a wet rug stuck between their half-open ribcage.

They used it to clean the floor and the stone slab that Kalla was using as an operating table. The moment the rag was too dirty, they would jump inside a bucket of water and squeeze the rag with their small ribs until it was clean before resuming their work.