Days pass with Yorun remaining unconscious in the still standing barracks of Gantorals guardhouse after Irankar and Onarin brought him there. Yorun while unconscious has felt his undead moving around most remaining on the walls but some within the city. Soon enough though he begins to awaken Onarin who is waiting in the room notices and gets closer, his face is the first Yorun sees.
"Onarin?" Yorun asked his head still out of it
"Yes master, you okay?" Onarin asked far more clearly than he had before
"Not entirely" Yorun said as he began to sit up though feeling the pain of wounds that don't exist
"Well not surprising Yorun" Raeknar said as they appear within the room
"Raeknar? I assume the battle went well given I am alive but I do have to ask how did it go?" Yorun asked
"Well what do you remember?" Raeknar asked
"I remember saying the words and then its all more blurry like I was watching through dirty windows" Yorun said
"Bit more accurate than you think, the eyes are the window to the soul and while I took over your body you consciousness was put into your soul, your mind was doing its best to look through your eyes but couldn't properly due to the overwhelming amount of diving magic coursing through you and changes done to your body" Raeknar said
"Changes?" Yorun asked
"The body of someone controlled directly by a god changes to match the god, yours changed quite a bit at the time due to my more fluid nature when it comes to forms, regardless the battle went well for the most part we did win and Forinas soul was sent to Faelerm however your body was heavily damaged I healed those injuries and only those ones hence you still being burned however your soul still feels it and is making you feel it, your body is in essence catching up to reality" Raeknar said
"Great, Raeknar may I ask one thing, what was that about Forina not counting towards our end goal?" Yorun asked
"Ah that, as sort of explained before you are doing a service to your god me in this case, as a result I will reward you something in return again in this case that'd be the lives of your family and fellow villagers returned but Forina under normal circumstances would count to that goal had you been the one to kill her or worked with others to kill her. This time around though due to Gaeronaks involvement you had to call upon me to aid you essentially asking me to do something for your life and work to continue, under our rules as gods we cannot normally do that for free of course there are some exceptions but none applied there" Raeknar said
"Shit, transactional is the way to put this then" Yorun said
"Indeed, think of it that way and you'll get the gist for these things" Raeknar said
Irankar is coming into the guardhouse to check on Yoruns condition and as he gets to the door he hears talking inside so he opens the door.
"Who's in he-" Irankar said but cut himself off as he looks up at Raeknar in their large skeletal form who only stares back at the corner of their eyes
"Leave. Sunhale" Raeknar said in an authoritative tone
Irankar immediately leaves the room closing the door at lightning speed.
"Sunhale?" Yorun asked
"His name, Irankar was obviously a cover name he said as much to you, Sunhale is his actual name" Raeknar said
"Huh good to know I guess, So Raeknar what's our next steps?" Yorun asked
"Well you do have a fairly sizable force now but I would say to look around the city and to check the undead see how many may have been lost due to the battle between me and Gaeronak, I know the numbers but this is something you should do, Sunhale's commander has an offer for you one that Sunhale will likely bring up once you leave this room, I suggest considering it but carefully as you shouldn't trust everyone" Raeknar said before disappearing once more
Yorun stands up with a little difficulty due to the pain from the non-existent wounds, Yorun realises he still has the cloak on which he is thankful for, he changes clothes regardless since there was a spare change of them set up for him. Yorun then heads out of the room with Onarin they are greeted by Sunhale.
"So, Sunhale then?" Yorun asked
"Indeed that is my name, mind if I ask yours?" Sunhale asked
"Yorun" Yorun said simply
"So that was Raeknar then? Standing in the presence of an actual god then having then stare at you telling you to leave like that is terrifying" Sunhale said
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"They're amiable with me thankfully" Yorun said
"I should probably inform you of the last few days unless Raeknar has or Onarin since I've taught him how to speak better at least somewhat" Sunhale said
"Neither have informed me Raeknar only told me of the fight and that your commander had something to offer. Oh and about Onarin being taught? Thanks" Yorun said
"No problem, the offer is something to check on so I'll bring you to the commander first then update you on the situation" Sunhale said
The three of them walk through the guardhouse, Koralin soon flying through a nearby window and perching on Yoruns left shoulder to greet and accompany him. Sunhale soon stops at a door for an office that used to be Captain Forinas, Sunhale opens the door and enters then bows before getting out of Yoruns way. Yorun enters and his eyes glow green immediately as if green flames sprung from his eyes in reaction to something the others don't seem to notice this though even the green colour on the walls from the glow seems invisible to them. Sitting behind the desk in front of him was an older elf, due to the elves longer life spans the woman was still looking young save for some greyed hair which only begins for an elf 150 years into their life, she bears similar tattoos on her to Sunhale and his men but there's something different about them Yorun can't place.
"Sit down young man, I wish to talk" The woman said
Yorun sat opposite her, Onarin standing next to him and Koralin on his shoulder but Yorun does make Raeknars scythe appear in his right hand just in case.
"Not too trusting right now are you? Can't say I blame you, my name is Norilas and from what Sunhale has told me you use the name of your god. Raeknar" Norilas said
"Indeed, I use this name as Raeknar told me to and well trust is not easily earned, when one earns it they'll have my name" Yorun said
"A fair policy, our forces have taken the city but we haven't done anything to the undead you raised necromancer, such a fascinating magic and one that's not been seen for lifetimes, far beyond my years anyway" Norilas said
"There's knowledge of a previous necromancer?" Yorun asked
"Barely, our archives are well kept but this was a long time ago back to when our current monarch had well just been born and even then I believe there was more in the archives but they were destroyed due to this previous necromancer being a rather power hungry person from what we can see" Norilas said
"With the power to make an army in someone like that's hands well no wonder your people wanted to forget" Yorun said
"Regardless this brings me to an offer we want to make, we invite you and all of your undead to come with us to Woorail for a period of time, this is for a few reasons. First we'd love to find out more about your magic and directly would be great, we also want to have you as an ally for as long as possible so we will also do our best to help train you in your magic since its clear that you are no mage, you have magic but no proper training" Norilas said
"A rather good offer but where would you be bringing me?" Yorun asked
"The capital of our empire, Qur'anther since that's where are eldest mages are most of the time just doing whatever they need or want to do" Norilas said
"This sounds tempting but also like the easiest way to spring a trap, if I say yes first how would we get there and second could I have a bit of time before leaving to inspect my undead?" Yorun asked
"We'd be teleporting, I doubt you can do so yourself so we'd teleport you and others would take the undead as for the inspecting part sure you can have the time" Norilas said
"Alright then, I agree this could be beneficial" Yorun said as stands making the scythe disappear and he extends a hand
Norilas happily shook his hand and then Yorun, Onarin, Koralin and Sunhale left the building. Upon stepping out of the building Yorun sees the destruction the city went through so many buildings still flattened, parts of the ground have sunk due to either craters formed from the fight or the ground being effected by the fight forcing the tunnels beneath the city to collapse. Yorun can see parts of the walls are damaged too.
"The battle really did a lot huh?" Yorun asked
"More than you know, your face is definitely being plastered across the world at this moment and stories of what's going on have spread alongside your face" Sunhale said
"How far reaching was the battle itself?" Yorun asked as Sunhale grabbed him and the others teleporting them onto the southern wall
"The world felt it, the skies turned red and the whole realm shook, fuck I mean the mountains near here the tallest ones in this region? They aren't the tallest anymore" Sunhale said
"Fuck" Yorun said plainly
"We got lucky Yorun" Raeknar said as they appeared in front of the group once more
Sunhale immediately bows drawing the attention of Raeknar who stares blankly at Sunhale.
"Leave Sunhale, Do not listen in" Raeknar said
Sunhale immediately walked away far enough to not hear.
"You seem far more critical of Sunhale than I'd have anticipated" Yorun said
"I see you mortals differently than you, I see a mortals soul and all the good and all the evil they've done. Sunhale may seem alright on the surface but he has done some terrible things in service to his empire, though some leniency could be given as he does just want to help his people" Raeknar said
Yorun nods not asking anymore questions in regards to that and meanwhile sees the undead mage, Yorun gets an idea and channels his magic into the mage once more, Raeknar knows what Yorun plans and smirks.
"Well done Yorun, seems you've thought ahead, anyway I was saying how we got lucky. Gaeronak could have wiped the floor with us" Raeknar said
"Seriously?" Yorun asked
"She is the goddess of war but she wanted a proper fight and despite tensions there was no war happening yet, no large scale battles or anything that was useful since those battles typically empower her or well feed her I guess. She could have influenced one to happen, made armies attack us or anything of the sort but she went easy on us for the sake of a fight she rarely gets. God versus God." Raeknar said
"Well good to know I could have woken in Faelerm" Yorun said
"Continue to inspect the undead then prepare to go to Woorail, this will be an interesting experience for you" Raeknar said before disappearing once more
Sunhale comes back over and helps Yorun inspect the undead throughout the city, during this time Yorun discovers that most of the animal undead he picked up in Kurinet were crushed during the battles destruction or killed when the elves got there and didn't understand the situation. Some of the humanoid undead on the walls were thrown from them by the shaking of the realm causing them to splat against the ground, Yorun gave the limited healing he could to them but overall he finds the undead are fine. Yorun heads back to Norilas and soon enough they are whisked away to the Woorail Capital of Qur'anther.