Chapter 4015

“Let them go.” Orpal shook his head. “The life of those kids is already a nightmare, while the adults are unworthy of our wrath. Besides, we need to leave someone alive if we want the entire Mogar to hear the details of the day of our reckoning.”

The Dead King called upon the power of his steed, Moonlight, to reach the army base of Akarn, where he had served in the military with a single Warp Steps. Orpal had been honorably discharged, but he had terminated his service when it became clear he would never be promoted past first-class private.

Akarn fell and burned as Orpal rained spells from the sky, leaving his Upyrs to dirty their hands for him. They slaughtered the cadets and soldiers, saving the drill sergeants and commanding officers for their lord.

“And you said I was unfit to lead.” Orpal said while dismembering the military officers he didn’t recognize and slowly suffocating the others with tendrils of Spirit Magic. “You were wrong, Sergeant Pholl.

“So wrong, and so was our dear Commander Carkus.” The Dead King ripped the heart out of the sergeant’s chest and shoved it inside the Commander’s mouth. “I want you to die while witnessing the consequences of your actions, Carkus.

“I want you to die knowing that if not for your colossal lapse of judgment, if only you had given me the honors I deserved, none of this would have happened. I would have happily continued to serve in your army instead of building my own.

“I would have brought the Griffon Kingdom to new heights instead of crushing it under my heel.”