Артас: Возвышение короля-лича
Chapter 11
"I’llsendseveralmagithererightawaytoopenportalsforasmanymenasheneedstobring.Youdidwell,mydear.I’mveryproudofyou.Now,yougetsomerest."
"No!"Jainacried.Shestruggledtoherfeet,barelyabletostand,forcingtheexhaustionbackbysheerwillalone,holdingoutashakinghandtokeepAntonidasback."Ihavetobewithhim.I’llbeallright.Comeon!"
Arthashadnoideahowlonghehadbeenfighting.Heswunghishammeralmostceaselessly,hisarmsshakingfromthestrain,hislungsburning.ItwasonlythepoweroftheLight,flowingthroughhimwithquietstrengthandsteadiness,thatkepthimandhismenontheirfeet.Theundeadseemedtobeweakenedbyitspower,althoughthatseemedtobetheironlyweakness.Onlyacleankill—Arthasfleetinglywonderedifyoucouldcallita"kill"iftheywerealreadydead—stoppedthemintheirtracks.
Theyjustkeptcoming.Waveafterwaveofthem.Hissubjects—hispeople—turnedintothesethings.HeliftedhiswearyarmsforanotherblowwhenoverthedinofbattlecameavoiceArthasknew:
"ForLordaeron!Fortheking!"
ThemenralliedatUthertheLightbringer’simpassionedshout,renewingtheirattacks.Utherhadcomewithasolidcoreofknights,freshandbattle-hardened.
