Chapter 128: Raising Merman (2/2)

Merman's charred skeleton levitated in the air, and Aldrich willed his [Mist of Undeath] out The ghostly green mist traveled towards the skeleton and as it clouded the horribly dae the corpse had suffered

Charred flesh broke off to reveal new, pink flesh Muscle built up Bones regrew and fused back together

The skeletal andhim look like an anatoreen scales covered histail

His eyes flashed red once loith life again

Aldrich felt a faint blur hit the edges of his vision His o out and consuion Necromancers were so fiercesome in a battlefield

When Graves became disposable resources that popped up everywhere, they not only became a source for minions, but also endless free health and )" Mer the frilly veins within theesture of deep respect and loyalty

"Interesting Your kind has a language?" said Aldrich He knew that sather in tribes and packs, but an actual functioning language? That was so near completely unheard of

But if ever there were variants out there that could defy common convention and research, then it ith deep sea variants who could evolve far out of sight and study of mankind

Merman was about to respond when several heroes stumbled out of their cover and inched towards Aldrich onder in their eyes

In response, Merht blue, crystalline spines flared out fros as his arms channeled orbs of blue water

"Stop," said Aldrich with co voice "They are ize)" replied Mere, al it almost impossible to actually parse out what he said To the ordinary ear, whatever Merrunts, and that hat they had sounded like to Aldrich beforehand too

Aldrich could only clearly make out what Merman said now because of his hly probable that whatever tongue Merman spoke was difficult to fully articulate on land as well

"I heard on the coht they were just shtting me It's real And it's not just that You can…you can raise the dead?" said a hero as he stepped ahead of the others as their representative

"I recognize that voice Youto over nized the man because of his distinctive appearance He was aout of his forehead with carapaced skin that bore cracks practically everywhere Four large grey s lay folded on his back "Mothman, is it?"

"You know me?" said Mothman, surprised

"Of course I kept tabs on every D ranker in line to be promoted to C rank in Haven," said Aldrich

"…Can I ask why?" said Mothman

"Because I hoped that one day, when I decided it would be time to stand out of the shadows, I would be able to ith all of you," said Aldrich as he extended out a hand, and Mothman shook it cordially, if with considerable amounts of awe

Moth armored form with awe, then at Merle one of the other heroes did the sa at Aldrich and Merman ide eyes and open mouths

It was understandable The e arht an entire army with him, the man who had stepped down onto the battlefield and turned the tides of a desperate and hopeless stand in one single ht here

And all the stories that the flyers heard about him over comms, it seemed, were true

Not only that, but here thisforth the veryhell of dodging and taking projectiles just minutes beforehand

Moth a level headedness to him that made it very clear why Seismic had trusted him to lead all the flyers on a job like this

"I have to thank you for saving all of us," said Moth our asses handed to us, hiding behind rocks, just waiting for one of those water spikes to shove through our brains"

"Don't thankon I've co stor line There, patch yourselves up and take a rest

All of you deserve it," said Aldrich "Now go"

After Aldrich said this, the heroes did not move for several seconds, probably still in shock and awe that someone had actually saved the display ofthe heroes out of their trance "Get to the air! Get back to the firing line! I'll contact trauma teams to be ready for our arrival All of you who can fly, take the grounded ones with you!"

With that, Moth Aldrich some privacy

"Now then," said Aldrich to Merman… "It's time for you to shohat you can do"