Артас: Возвышение короля-лича
Interlude
Hestillregardedhersteadily,silently.Shebegantofrown.
"Perhapsthisisnotaseffectiveasyour—"
TheForsakenshuddered.Hestruggledtostanderectforamomentlonger,buthisrapidlyweakeningbodybetrayedhimandhestumbled,fallinghard.Everyonesteppedback.Sylvanaswatchedraptly,herlipspartedinexcitement.
"Thesamestrain?"sheaskedFaranell.Thehumanfemalewhimperedonceandthenwasstill,hereyesopen.Thealchemistnoddedhappily.
"Indeeditis,"hesaid."Asyoucanimagine,wearequite—"
Theundeadspasmed,hisskinbreakingopeninspotsandweepingblackichor,andthenhe,too,wasstill.
"—pleasedwiththeresults."
"Indeed,"Sylvanassaid.Shewashardputtoconcealherownelation;"pleased"wasapalewordindeed."AplaguethatkillsbothhumansandScourge.And,obviously,affectsmyownpeopleaswell,asthey,too,areundead."
Shegavehimalookfromglowingsilvereyes."Wemusttakecarethatthisneverfallsintothewronghands.Theresultscouldbe...devastating."
Hegulped."Indeed,mylady,indeedtheycould."
Sheforcedaneutralexpressionasshereturnedtotheroyalquarters.Hermindwasracingwithathousandthings,butforemostamongthem,burningasbrightlyandwildlyasthewickermansheliteveryHallow’sEnd,wasasinglethought:
Atlast,Arthas,youwillpayforwhatyouhavedone
