Holy Necromancer: Rebirth of the Strongest Mage
Chapter 911: Karyk's Oath

Accompanying that sight was something much more gruesome. There was blood staining the earth. Not even worse than that was the City. The City Walls had spikes coming out of them. The Pureblood citizens of the city were like dried up corpses, hanging by the spikes that had passed through their hearts. Their blood had created a river that was circling around the city. It was clear that even when the Purebloods were still alive, their lives were no worse than death. The only way a pureblood could be killed in this world was when the Pureblood gave up on his immortality. That was also what the Elzeiran Emperor had done. Since he didn't have his immortality, he had died. And it was the same sight here. They were still alive when they were impaled. They could feel the pain, but they couldn't move. It was as if they were constantly under torture. Even the children from the city that had awakened their Pureblood Lineage were in the same situation. It had created a horrifying sight. To escape that torture, the citizens were begging for death. They didn't want to face this torture. They gave up their Immortality, which was absorbed by the barrier of the city. When the blood and Immortality of hundreds of thousands of Purebloods had been absorbed by the city, the barrier that was sealing the Celestial Empress broke, freeing her. For her own freedom, she had sacrificed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Purebloods that were sent here to train!

They weren't enemies. Instead, they were willing to fight the Elzeiran Empire, yet she didn't hesitate even the slightest. For her, freedom was more important!

Karyk remained still, not moving. Gabriel was also shocked as he took in the devastating sight. "What... what happened here?" he asked, his voice filled with disbelief. Were these people the citizens that belonged to the Border City? Just how could they end up in this situation? They were all corpses. They didn't have a single drop of blood in their bodies. Even their bones appeared to have been melted when they were still alive. The spikes on the wall had completely destroyed their healing. Karyk slowly walked towards the city, each step feeling heavier than the last. Soon, he reached the river of blood that was surrounding the city. He walked over the river, his eyes blank. "City Lord, we will kill anyone who tries to harm you!"

"Our City Lord is the best."

"When you return, we will definitely show you how strong we have become! Just look forward to it!"

There were many bodies that belonged to the people that had made many promises to him before he was leaving. There were also children, who treated him like a hero. There were people who were willing to die for him. These people would have been happy if he could have died on the battlefield, helping Karyk. But they had died a death so scary that it could even scare great demons. In the distance, he noticed another man. It was the assassin who had become his subordinate. It was a cowardly assassin who had been scared yet was forced to enter the Land of Chaos with him. "Are you alright?" Gabriel asked Karyk. Both of them had seen death before. Both of them had been in wars and killed countless people. Gabriel didn't feel much for these people since he didn't know them, but he knew Karyk was different. "No, I'm not alright. I want blood... I want to make her experience a life worse than death!" Karyk spoke, the sky above him getting darker. "She showed me the death she can grant others. I'll show her a strength that she can't imagine even in her wildest dreams!"

It was as if this was the promise of the God of Death himself. The sky itself roared, feeling the rage of Karyk.

"The freedom she craves... The freedom for which she sacrificed these people... I will take everything from her, until she is begging for death herself."

Karyk raised his hand, summoning his undead behind him. He didn't enter the city as he had already realized that she wasn't there anymore. It didn't take him long to understand why she killed them. But it didn't charge anything. If he hated someone at this moment, it was the Celestial Empress. His hate for her was even stronger than his hate for the Elzeiran Empire!

She wanted to turn him into a slave. He could have overlooked it because of their common enemy. But this... She had shown him something that made him want to repay her in the fullest. The Undeads behind him started moving. They spread out around the City walls, and carefully started taking down the lifeless bodies. One after another, the bodies were brought down and placed on the ground in the back. Gabriel didn't interfere. He didn't even say anything. He knew that it was the time in which Karyk wanted to be alone with his thoughts. There was a time when he was the same. When Ezekiel was killed, he was the same. He just wanted to be alone. He could also understand Karyk's hate. It was the same as his hate for the Elzeiran Emperor. "This blood... Get inside, it will help you." To Gabriel's surprise, Karyk was the first to speak. Despite the anger in his heart, he hadn't lost himself in his emotions, at least not to the point of insanity. "Inside this river of blood?" Gabriel asked. He could also feel that his body wanted to get inside the blood, which was reacting to him. But he resisted that feeling. This was the blood of people who were close to Karyk. But now he was asking him to do that?

"They are dead. Although their blood and Immortality was used to break the seal, a lot of it is left. Get inside and absorb it. Your body will be reborn and become stronger."

Gabriel's body was merged with the ancient skeleton in the Realm of Death. Karyk had also granted him the blood essence of another god, whose lifeless body had turned the entire Realm of Death into the land of blood. He was more than capable of absorbing the Immortal blood of the Elzeiran Purebloods. Karyk was now gifting him this river of blood so Gabriel could be reborn, much stronger than before.

At the same time, he had also planned to grant his origin essence to Gabriel, so that he could kill the Elzeirans without needing any weapons made by him. "But you..." Gabriel looked at Karyk. "You can also absorb it and become stronger. So why...?"

"Does one brother need a reason to help another?" Karyk asked, pushing Gabriel in the river of immortal blood.

He wanted Gabriel to become stronger. There was no point if he was strong while Gabriel was weak. He knew he might have to face an Archangel in the battle that was to come. Even if he was to die in that battle, there needed to be someone who could protect his family. And Gabriel was also part of that family.

"I will give you everything I have. So become stronger... So strong that you can survive, even if I fall. Strong enough that you can escape with Zena and find a safe haven for yourself!"