"You have no knowledge of the war or the gravelords, yet you appeared certain that his majesty would be brought back by time alone, how come?" by then, the two of them were overlooking Armond getting wrapped up in bloody clothes, he had only been injected with a dose of the latest drug produced by One a few few minutes ago, but he had been made into a loyal servant already.
"Don't you feel in your guts?
We undeads just know it, the king to soon break out of his cage and come back to lead us once more, that's why I'm working to plant agents high up inside as many kingdoms as possible, this way, we could distract them with their own affairs for us to properly group up" she explained as the newly made thrall stood up and joined the ranks.of the few others the vampire had brought with her.
She had spoken in length of many things, if Loimos didn't stop her to question her, she would just keep on rambling, all the while moving closer and closer, to the point that she might just climb up on his back at one point, Loimos couldn't be slowed down by her weight so he didn't bother moving away.
"So, you are set on finding out where the king is, and then you're going to go find the ancient undeads who were part of the court?" One rubbed her chin, her other arm around the skeleton's neck, she could clearly tell that his body was somewhat mushy by now, only cultivating her odd fixation.
Loimos knew that the undeads that once surrounded the king were simply in realm of powers that he hadn't even scratched yet, Slotriig, a royal guard, possessed incredible might, the heavy hitters on the side of the living had been there a long time ago, it was highly unlikely for them to still be around.
Thanatok Ynigós, The First Death Hunter and Maiele Liameilos, The Elven Light.
Those two were the two big names of the living according to Faraday, Ynigós was an adversary that was said to be nearly unbeatable, only, he had disappeared without a trace half-way throughout the war.
Liameilos was said to have been a high-elf, a long-lived species, which made it possible for her to still be around, but it was a challenge the undeads could overcome, there was also the issue of Sun-Walker, but once again, a single gravelord wouldn't be able to topple everything.
"That is my intention" he responded shortly.
"Your own plan has merit as well, may I have doses of the drug?" he extended his hand toward her, and she mused whether to hold or not but managed to contain her urges, calling one of thrall over and getting them to hand over four doses, each contained in small sealed containers, Loimos slid three inside of his coat and rotted the fourth, so that he may learn to replicate it eventually and add its effects to his blighted blood.
With the matter of the crypt in Findpasser dealt with and his confirmation that the sun-walking vampire of Alizé was an ally, he would be heading for Weafewand to check its own crypt himself, he made sure to interrogate One on the various cities he had to visit and if she was aware of any other crypt.
Weafewand, unlike Findpasser was very focused on a single matter, it was said to be built above mines of stones and crystals dense with mana of all sorts of elements, a true wonder, mages were believed to be of greater powers when born there, as such, the entire city relied on magic researches and preparing their young mages to integrate into Toordefer Academy.
Everything had to be done with magic one way or another their, as such, it was certain to be a difficult town to infiltrate for Loimos, magic casters would be everywhere and could be able to detect his abnormal mana, not to mention that if a fight broke out, Loimos would be at a disadvantage, spells can easily carve right through him, even with his death force reinforcements, he wouldn't hold up against a barrage of spells.
"Loimos, before you leave, would you mind, hum, lending me a hand?
I had actually been meaning to silence everyone knowing of the deal within the city, those fuckers think they can just sell my stuff at a higher price than normal and not give me my money at all, I can't have them telling on my business when the final product isn't even close to being done, can you help murder every single criminal in this city, pretty please?" he could have told her that one of the royal guards he was going to look for eventually was a knowledgeable alchemist, but he knew that were idea of passing time, and his idea of it where completely different, it would take him months, if not longer just traveling from place to place to check the crypts and he might not find this undead at all.
So he agreed, he could not possibly have a problem with slaughtering people.
"Alright, let's find each other near that hole in the ground in three days, at night, I'll bring the other three as well, don't try to murder them please, I need them alive for my dealings" without elaborating any further, she sent a kiss flying his way and took her thralls away.
It was a wonder whether she would still be so flirtatious was she aware that he was a skeleton coated in decay, but not one of Loimos's, he headed back into the city, the gate still somewhat open from when Armond had sneaked out, he had gotten himself into the night shift ahead of time to be able to go out and meet with one, no one else seemed to have noticed that the gate wasn't as it should.
Loimos slipped inside, walked over to the rather simple contraption in charge of making the gate slid and closed it down as it should be before heading for the home of the late Armond, getting inside through a window that didn't close as he had many times before and to insure that his disappearance wouldn't be noticed too quickly, silenced the ones certain to know first.
Clearing everything of possible proof of foul play, Loimos used the reminder of his time before the agreed time with One to do some light testing of his abilities.