Артас: Возвышение короля-лича
Chapter 24
Gasping,thedeathknightflippedtohisfeet,heftedFrostmournewithbothhandsandplungeditdown.
SomehowFlamestrikewasthere.Thebladesagainstrainedagainsteachother.Kael’thas’seyesburnedwithhatred.
ButArthaswasthestrongerinarmedcombat;stronger,withthestrongersword,despiteKael’sgloatingabouthowFelo’melornwasreforged.Slowly,inexorably,asArthasknewmusthappen,FrostmournedescendedtowardKael’thas’sbarethroat.
"...shehatesyou,"Kaelwhispered.
Arthascriedout,furyblurringhisvisionforamoment,andshoveddownwithallhisstrength.
Intothesnowandfrozenearth.
Kael’thaswasgone.
"Coward!"Arthascried,althoughheknewtheprincewouldnothearhim.Thebastardhadagainteleportedawayatthelastsecond.Furyragedinhim,threateningtocloudhisjudgment,andhepusheditaside.He’dbeenfoolishtoletKael’thasrilehimso.
Curseyou,Jaina.Evennow,youhauntme.
"Invincible,tome!"hecried,andrealizedhisvoicewasshaking.Kael’thaswasnotdead,buthewasoutoftheway,andthatwasallthatmattered.Hewheeledtheheadofhisskeletalhorsearound,andchargedagaintowardthefrayandthethronechamberofhismaster.
Hemovedthroughthemillingcrowdofenemiesasiftheyweresomanyinsects.Astheyfell,hereanimatedthemandsentthemagainsttheirfellows.
