Артас: Возвышение короля-лича
Chapter 17
amIhearingghostsnow?"
Notonlyhearingthem.Seeingthem.Oronespecificghost,atleast.Kel’Thuzad’sshapeslowlyformedbeforehiseyes,translucentandhovering,theeyesdarkholes.Butitwasunmistakablyhim,andthespectrallipscurvedinaknowingsmile.
"Iwasrightaboutyou,PrinceArthas."
"Ittookyoulongenough."Thebass,angryrumbleofTichondriusseemedtocomeoutofnowhere,andthespecter—ifithadindeedactuallybeenthere—disappeared.Arthaswasshaken.Hadheimaginedit?Washestartingtolosehissanityalongwithhissoul?
Tichondriushadnotnoticedanythingandcontinued,removingthecasketandpeeringdisgustedlyinsideatthenearly-liquefiedcorpseofKel’Thuzad.Arthasfoundthestenchmoretolerablethanhehadexpected,thoughitwasstillhorrific.Itseemedlikealifetimeagohehadstruckatthenecromancerwithhishammerandwatchedthetoo-rapiddecompositionofthenewlydeadman."Theseremainsarebadlydecomposed.TheywillneversurvivethetriptoQuel’Thalas."
Arthasseizedonthedistraction."Quel’Thalas?"Thegoldenlandoftheelves...
"Yes.Onlytheenergiesofthehighelves’SunwellcanbringKel’Thuzadbacktolife."Thedreadlord’sfrowndeepened."Andwitheachmoment,hedecaysfurther.Youmuststealaveryspecialurnfromthepaladin’skeeping.Theyarebearingitherenow.Placethenecromancer’sremainswithinit,andhewillbewellprotectedforthejourney.
