Артас: Возвышение короля-лича
Chapter 21
Aftertooshortatime,bothcombatantsfellback,breathingheavily.
"Wecouldgoonfightinglikethisforever,"Illidansaid."Whatisityoutrulywant?"
ArthasloweredFrostmourne."Fromyourmutteringearlier,Ihearthatyouandyouralliesarebesetbytheundead.ThedreadlordwhocommandsthisundeadarmyiscalledTichondrius.HecontrolsapowerfulwarlockartifactcalledtheSkullofGul’dan.Itisresponsibleforcorruptingtheseforests."
Illidancockedhishead."Andyouwishformetostealit?Why?"
Arthas’swhitebrowslifted.Thisonewasindeedquick.Hedeservedasemi-truthfulanswer,Arthasdecided."Let’sjustsaythatIhavenoloveforTichondrius,andthelordIservewould...benefitfromtheLegion’sdownfall."
"WhyshouldIbelieveanythingyousay,littlehuman?"
Arthasshrugged."Afairquestion.Letmeanswer.Mymasterseesall,demonhunter.Heknowsthatyou’vesoughtpoweryourwholelife.Nowitlieswithinyourgrasp!"HisgauntletedhandclenchedintoafistinfrontofIllidan’sblindfoldedfaceand,asheexpected,thenightelf’sheadturnedtowardthegesture."Seizeit,andyourenemieswillbeundone."
IllidanliftedhisheadslowlyandturnedhisfacetoArthas.Hewasunsettling,thisblindmanwhocouldsoobviouslysee.Theelfsteppedback,noddingthoughtfully.WithoutanotherwordArthasturnedInvincible’sheadaroundandgallopedoff.
