Chapter 85: Dark Shadows_1

Everything was ready.

Upon learning from his subordinates that the garrison of Modheim had set off for Aldorf, Manfred von Carstein revealed a cold, triumphant smile.

As the sole remaining, and most powerful, Vampire Count of the Carstein family, Manfred naturally coveted the Dimension Stones within Modheim City. He aspired to acquire these stones and with their power, revive the greatest Necromancer in history, the creator of all Undead Creatures—Nagash. By leveraging his strength, he hoped to turn the world into a homestead ruled by death and the deceased.

Initially, Manfred's target was the Crown of Witchcraft, for it was a Divine Artifact created by Nagash, within which even fragments of Nagash's consciousness existed. But after he painstakingly arrived at the ruins of Toddheim and summoned the Army of the Dead for a battle against the Chaos Warriors stationed there, he could not find the Crown of Witchcraft that supposedly laid at the site.