Chapter 479 - 428 : Revival? (1/2)
”So, what do you expect me to do?”
Arthur was still unfazed by Robin's outburst, he stared back at her, his face deadpan and his tone emotionless.
Robin, still hyperventilating, spat on the ground and left after saying a few last words
”You truly disgust me… you can't even admit your mistakes.”
She stormed out of the room, leaving a motionless and absent-minded Arthur. A while later, another person entered the room and threw a couple of glances at Arthur before sitting at the corner while saying
”You can't blame her for that, a lot of things happened and were it not for Anastassia, everyone would have died.”
Taliya wasn't like Robin but she didn't really agree with Arthur's way of doing things.
”It's not that everything you've done is wrong but it's the way you did it.”
”For me, it doesn't matter what happens as long as I can protect my family.”-Arthur
”Really? Because the way I, no, we see it, you're putting your family in danger instead of protecting it.”
Arthur shook his head while retorting
”You won't understand.”
The demon crossed her arms and said back:
”I don't need to understand to know if it's right or wrong.”
She paused for a second before adding:
”Last time, before you went to Green-Leaf with Lucy, Anastassia clearly warned you about the evil race invading the Eastern Continent but you haven't even tried to investigate the matter. In the end, not only did they burn half of the World Tree, more than 70% of the population of the Itas Continent died. In fact, Jackob and Sonia died.”
Hearing this, Arthur was surprised, he raised his head and looked at the head maid.
”What? They died?”
”Yes. We don't know how but Anastassia managed to bring them back to life then disappeared.”
As he listened to Taliya, Arthur redirected his questions to Claud, who also heard everything.
'Is it even possible to revive people?'
'Impossible, only one entity can do that but it's a bit far-fetched to think he helped Anastassia.'-Claud
'Then how did they come back to life?'
' I don't know.'
*****
”Reviving people?”
”Yes.”
Arthur was facing the Lich King, waiting for the latter to give him the much-needed answers.
Aborak thought for a moment before explaining:
”Nothing or no one can revive a person, even Death itself. However, if their souls are kept within their bodies right after they died, then it is still possible to 'revive' them but that's a feat only Death could do.”
The Lich King studied Arthur's expression then glanced at the sea of undead behind them before stating:
”This quantity of undead in such a small world definitely alerted Death so it won't be surprising if it had come here to get rid of all the undead as the presence of such an army is enough to kill everyone on Astria within a few days. From the looks of it, not only did it not get rid of the undead, it also contained their deathly aura.”
Arthur nodded his head and asked another question:
”Any reason for such an ancient entity to help me?”
Aborak spent a long time thinking about everything Arthur told him then came out with a speculation:
”You said that a woman was responsible for summoning the undead daily, right?”
”Yes, I provided her with a pendant capable of bringing undead to this world.”
”If that's the case then the continuous use of the pendant probably affected that woman, corrupting her Dantian and slowly turning her into a creature of death, much like that double-headed lizard which follows you around. Some time ago, I've heard rumors about Death seeking a successor but they were never confirmed. I'm not sure but perhaps that woman struck a deal with Death hence the revival of the people you spoke of and the restraint put on the army so it won't affect Astria as a whole.”
”Struck a deal with Death? Is that even possible?”
”Yes, it's rather common for Death to strike deals with people, however, usually, the deal is unfair to the other party.”
Aborak stopped talking for a moment, raised his hand, isolating the area around them before whispering with a bone-chilling voice.
”You've heard of the Nameless Knight, right? A very long time ago, he struck a deal with the previous Death but the latter didn't abide by the rules. The end was miserable for Death as, after a bitter struggle, he was killed by the knight.”
”Killed? How can Death be killed? That doesn't seem right.”-Arthur
”Anything and anyone can be killed, even Death itself. After all, Death is originally a person who was given the ability to kill anyone, basically, the control over the Death Laws.”-Aborak