Within the cursed area and at the back of the undead army despite both sides being frozen in time Yorun is still within the grasp of the giant undead arm controlled by the necromancer of old, the necromancer walks past Yorun and the hand, walking around them while keeping his eyes locked on Yorun, the necromancer sighs and lets Yorun go.
"A new necromancer makes their way here and yet they are weak" The Necromancer said
"Weak I may be but I am getting better, you clearly had training before you started what you were doing. I was a farmer" Yorun said and once the realisation hits the necromancer he laughs as if its the funniest thing he's heard in a long time
"A fucking farmer! Haha! Gods, the world is a hell of a place. 1000 fucking years and it's a fucking farmer!" The Necromancer shouts while laughing
Yorun merely waits for the Necromancer to have his moment of laughter knowing that since he somehow is alive here its clearly been a a long and lonely time.
"Gods I needed that. They sent you didn't they? The divine cloak and scythe of the god of death and justice is very noticeable, backed by them huh? Better than I had there at least" The necromancer said
"No god backed you?" Yorun asked
"if any of them were to it'd likely have been the goddess of war, I tore the world asunder after all making it necessary for all the empires to fight me at once if they wanted to win. She never gave direct help if any" The Necromancer said before looking Yorun over again
"I'll guess as to why you're here, you're here for knowledge on being a necromancer, what your capabilities are and what you'll be able to do in the future. Suffice to say you can be very powerful indeed though I do need to ask why come to me? You have the god of death itself helping you so why come here?" The necromancer asked
"Because a mortal should learn via mortal means, quicker to understand and accept what can be done. Wouldn't you agree Golanier" Raeknar said appearing within the cursed area
The necromancer now known to Yorun as Golanier takes a knee slowly in respect to Raeknar as opposed to the quick in fear kind of respect others may give.
"It has been some time since I've seen you" Golanier said and Raeknar nodded disappearing once more causing Golanier to stand again
"Guess that answers your question" Yorun said
"That it did, there is much to teach and far to little time here not that I've even agreed to teach you" Golanier said
"How are we even talking aren't you long dead? Sure I've come back to life once but this is something else right?" Yorun asked
"You are correct young necromancer. 1000 years ago when I laid in defeat as I gave my last breathe I used my magic to curse my own body and soul trapping both here forever more and cursing the surrounding area to have this battle repeat for eternity. I planned it as a final insult to my enemies and to be a constant way for me to kill some of their people who came here over the years." Golanier said
"Well you aren't wrong there" Yorun said bluntly
"So in the thousand years since my loss has humanity gone extinct much like my own, that why you've taken up this path?" Golanier asked
"Humanity very much still exists, my friends and family however do not. They were slaughtered by people within our empire, Raeknar will return them to life should I bring justice to this world" Yorun said
"Good fucking luck with that even 1000 years ago I wasn't the worst thing in this realm" Golanier said
"I need only hopefully focus on the human empire" Yorun said
"We'll see how that goes, if you want to know all that I learned in my life, I have but 2 requests" Golanier said
"I'll see about them as soon as I hear them" Yorun said his eyes narrowing
"One, raise my body as one of your undead I can tell you have used undead mages by now since you were unsurprised to see my own undead mages. My body can be far more helpful there than any other you find" Golanier said
"A fair request especially since it's extremely useful to me" Yorun said
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"Now lets see your thoughts on number two, with my guidance change this curse to bind my soul to yours similarly to the undead" Golanier said
"What?" Yorun asked extremely confused
"As I said, bind my soul to your own this will allow me to stop cursing this place and to not go to the afterlife just yet, I will be able to accompany you and teach you, you could also use the magic of my soul though that comes with risks to me" Golanier said
This proposal is clearly interesting to Yorun, his mind racing wondering if this is a good thing to do.
"Based on what I know of you, you are a cruel bastard who pretty much immediately made an undead army from his race to conquer the world so why should I trust that this would go well" Yorun asked
"While my younger self from even during the time in which I cursed this place was what you described, because of this curse I have had a long time to think, this place turned into my own little personal hell, not to say I've atoned in anyway or hell even become a good person but I would still rather avoid going to hell, helping the mortal backed by the god of death and justice may do me some good there" Golanier said
"Raeknar?" Yorun asked aloud making Raeknar appear once more
"Despite appearances and all the things he has done, Golanier has changed a little but don't get it twisted he would still go to Konlair yet right now he is of use and I see no deception in his soul. If you wish to trust him Yorun then go ahead" Raeknar said before stepping back to watch
"Fine then, lets do this" Yorun said
"First take my sword then we can begin binding my soul, my body is somewhere around here the curse kind of blocks view of it" Golanier said
He tossed the greatsword in his hands at Yorun who manages to catch it with a bit of telekinesis since trying to catch it with his hands would have just led to him being slammed into the ground by the giant blade.
"So how do I do this?" Yorun asked
"The curse is necromantic is basic nature so you will be able to manipulate it with that, once you begin to do that you need to feel the connection it has to me and funnel it through my old blade into me and then weave a connection between our souls the same kind you make when you raise a corpse, once that has been done you need to keep the curse as tightly knit to me as you can" Golanier said
"What happens if I fuck this up?" Yorun asked
"A few outcomes number 1 is I feel pain, number 2 is the curse goes away and I get taken to the afterlife or number 3 my soul gets destroyed" Golanier said
"I will try not to fuck up then" Yorun said
Yorun begins to use his necromantic magic, he begins to feel out the curse sensing it everywhere around yet while it's not a tangible thing he swears he can grab on to the pure magic. Yorun tightens his magical grip as if he were grabbing the curse, he grabs onto the giant greatswords grip as he channels the curse into it much like he does when he uses his fire magic on the scythe. The greatsword emanates with a dark magical energy yet Yorun swears the sword remembers this energy, Yorun points the blade towards Golanier and begins to send the curse straight towards Golanier while a part of the curse comes from the grip right back into Yorun who can feel it touching his soul.
"Good! Just keep it like this, you'll feel the curse on the area weakening while the connection grows in power just concentrate" Golanier said
Yorun closes his eyes focussing on the magic flowing to and from him, the curse Yorun can feel integrating with his soul while simultaneously gripping Golaniers own soul. Yorun continues to let the magic flow and as Golanier said Yorun feels the curse on the area weakening and as he opens his eyes he progressively sees more and more of the two armies forces still frozen in time begin to disappear. Sunhale who is still outside of the cursed area waiting senses the curse shrinking.
"What the fuck is going on in there?" Sunhale asked
"Master is doing something" Onarin said
Sunhale looks at Onarin then back to the cursed area wondering just what Yorun is doing and after a while he sees as the curse seemingly goes away fully, he sees Raeknar standing nearby with Yorun, the giant Greatsword in front of him and the form of Golanier no where to be seen save for the preserved yet damaged body of the ancient necromancer at the centre of what was once the cursed area.
"Yorun what the fuck happened?" Sunhale asked
"Golanier are you able to appear?" Yorun asked
Sunhale sees something begin to form next to Yorun the large man looking exactly as he had 1000 years ago begins to appear.
"Ah, finally the modern world" Golanier said as he rests the ancient blade on his right shoulder
"Now for our other condition" Yorun said as he went over to the real body of Golanier and raises the corpse that takes hold of the greatsword as Yorun lets go of it
"Odd to see that but at the same time it's extremely interesting" Golanier said
"Yorun what the FUCK is going on!?" Sunhale asked extremely loudly and confusedly
"Sunhale, meet Golanier the necromancer of 1000 years ago. Both his soul and body are mine now" Yorun said getting a shocked expression from Sunhale
"I... I have no words for this situation" Sunhale said completely dumbstruck
"Now lets see if I can do what I hoped, due to my connection with you Yorun I should be able to effectively possess one of your undead at a time so..." Golanier said before he stopped speaking
Golaniers soul went over to his old body going into it, the connection between body and soul to Yorun strengthening as Golanier begins to control his old body once more.
"Ah practically alive again. Gods I can scarcely believe this worked" Golanier said
"Well it did, you have much to teach me" Yorun said
"That I do Yorun" Golanier said
"You have done well already you two, the ability to learn more of curses as well will be highly useful. While I do not usually approve of souls being messed with, if you do not damage souls or basically enslave them with a curse you can use one to gain knowledge from the dead so long as the soul has not been taken by me or any Kai Tamar yet" Raeknar said
Yorun nodded and looks at Golanier as well as Sunhale, Onarin and Koralin.
"I'd say it's about time we head back, there will certainly be questions about you Golanier" Yorun said
They all teleported back to the training area despite the new addition to the army in Golanier and the wealth of knowledge he provides, the coming war weighs on Yorun given how soon it will come...