Артас: Возвышение короля-лича
Chapter 24
beenhimself?
Questionsthatwouldlikelyneverhaveanswers.Butonethingwascleartohim.AsFrostmournehadbeenforhim,sowasthearmor.Gauntletedfingersclosedoverthespikedhelmandhelifteditslowly,reverently,andthen,closinghiseyes,helowereditontohiswhitehead.
Hewassuddenlygalvanized,hisbodytensingashefelttheessenceoftheLichKingenterhim.Itpiercedhisheart,stoppedhisbreath,shiveredalonghisveins,icy,powerful,crashingthroughhimlikeatidalwave.Hiseyeswereclosed,buthesaw,hesawsomuch—allthatNer’zhul,theorcshaman,hadknown,allhehadseen,haddone.Foramoment,Arthasfearedhewouldbeoverwhelmedbyitall,thatintheend,theLichKinghadtrickedhimintocomingheresothathecouldplacehisessenceinafreshnewbody.Hebracedhimselfforabattleforcontrol,withhisbodyastheprize.
Buttherewasnostruggle.Onlyablending,amelding.Allaroundhim,thecaverncontinuedtocollapse.Arthaswasonlybarelyawareofit.Hiseyesdartedrapidlybackandforthbeneathhisclosedlids.
Hislipsmoved.Hespoke.
They...spoke.
"Now...weareone."
