As the undead army flood into the city Wonakri and Roult stand atop the walls watching them move through the city, they know not if the choice is the greatest still but they continue it all the same, the watch the undead quickly taking the streets and where there is resistance from the quickly hired mercenaries of the nobles the undead quickly handle them. Golanier who is flying above the city is raising all the the dead as they hit the ground much to the amazement of people in the city.

"Going to assume that one is you" Wonakri said as he turned to look at the undead Forina

"Master is on his way" Forinas said with the natural soulless voice of the undead

"Ok... guess that's their normal voice" Wonakri said as he and Roult backed up

They watch as the scythe disappears from Forinas hand before she jumps down the wall to join the other undead and before Wonakri and Roult can wonder where the person they talked to is Yorun teleports next to them, cloak obscuring his face and the scythe resting over his shoulder.

"Hello again" Yorun said

Wonakri and Roult quickly look at him and despite the fact they cannot see his face from the angle they are at they see more colour in his hands than the undead seemingly have and some of the burns that are on his hands.

"That is indeed the cloak of Raeknar and you don't look undead which is what I would have assumed" Roult said

"I may not look dead but I certainly am not untouched" Yorun said as he turned to them slightly allowing them to see his burned face,

"Good gods what happened to you!?" Roult asked concerned and horrified

"The Imperial family to say the least" Yorun said his voice full of calm anger

Yorun looks out over the city and he telepathically speaks to Golanier.

"Find that Pertaki family member, we need him" Yorun said telepathically

"On it" Golanier said back telepathically as he flies to the noble district of the city with amazing speed

"The moment you showed up I could have killed you, so why did you show up?" Wonakri asked

"From all I have heard and from all your people have said, you are an honourable and good man, a clear and concise alliance with laid out terms that clearly still allows you free reign is good faith and so long as we do not harm your people I know you will abide by it. You could easily go back on your word but doing so takes away the credibility you've gathered over many years. We've led different lives but we're both older men when it comes to our people, we just want those we care for to thrive" Yorun said

"You've lost people haven't you?" Wonakri asked

"People Raeknar has promised to return, I will do anything to do that" Yorun said getting only a small knowing nod from Wonakri in return

"Well while the city gets sorted out by Wonakri and your undead will you come with me to the temple?" Roult asked

"Fine" Yorun said

Roult teleports with Yorun to the temple, its a towering building but due to Yoruns exposure to divinity and divine magic he can feel the building teeming with it, Yorun looks at the building while Roult goes inside and upon him doing so he gets swarmed by people inside questioning what's happening and if they'll be safe but he quiets their fears. Yorun touches the door to the temple beginning to open its doors but as he does so he suddenly freezes alongside everything else nearby, stopped in place. Raeknar appears next to him and looks into the temple, walking in themself they see someone standing at the statues of the gods. This person with their form dark as the shadows but fluid like actual water, no distinct features other than a roughly humanoid body.

"Asking the God of Time to freeze it hm? A bit unusual so of course it was you, always watching from the shadows, never usually seen otherwise so for this conversation you did this. What are you doing here Zyrla?" Raeknar asked

"Well to put it simply what your little human has been doing with your guidance has caused a stir amongst the gods. You know how everyone reacts when you try to do your job, a meeting is going to happen" Zyrla said

"A council meeting? Do they really think I will just accept any decision they make?" Raeknar asked with an annoyed tone

"They don't particularly care Raeknar, whatever they decide will be detrimental to your little human and his quest as well as obviously your mission. I wouldn't be surprised if they decided to take a bit more action against this human similarly to when we took action against the previous necromancer" Zyrla said

"They know the mortals need to request that assistance" Raeknar said

"You know how they are they may take the short term punishment from their chains to protect their way" Zyrla said

Raeknar just puts their head in one of their hands frustrated and annoyed by the other gods plans.

"I go through all the trouble to do this and they may just do that? No I will be at that council and they will remember they do not have that authority" Raeknar said seriously

"Right, I'll inform them of that oh and should Sunhale request it my darkness can be set up in that fortress your human took. You'd best hope he asks it'll be useful" Zyrla said before his form collapses in on itself disappearing

Time begins to flow again slowly building up to normal time passage and during the moments of slowed time Raeknar walks to their own statue to anyone who was able to notice Raeknar quick enough they saw only a blur where they moved. Time flows normally and in mere seconds everyone notices Raeknars presence, Yorun finishes walking into the temple watching as everyone in the building kneel upon their realisation.

"Raeknar..." Roult said shocked by their presence

"Well done Roult" Raeknar said before disappearing

Everyone in the building was dead silent for a moment before they all began to mutter to each other about what they all just saw and heard, the only people still silent are Yorun and Roult himself. Yorun walks further into the building catching everyone's attention and even though Roult is still shocked to his core he turns to Yorun.

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"By the gods, you show up here for the first time and Raeknar themself appears as well as some one else too, I felt an overwhelming amount of divine magic for a second..." Roult said pondering who it could have been

"I'm still not great with all the divine stuff so I had not noticed that particular detail" Yorun said

"High Priest who is this?" One of the citizens ask

"The chosen mortal of Raeknar. He wears Raeknars cloak and wields their scythe" Roult said

Everyone begins to mutter again before clearing the way for Yorun who takes the opportunity to walk through and up to Roult.

"Everyone, I know you came here confused and scared but know this the dead that prowl the streets out there? They are this mans forces, Raeknar themself put him here and who are we to not trust the man chosen by the God of Death and Justice?" Roult said hiding his own shock and feelings on the matter behind a cheerful calm face

These words confuse yet calm the people and while they wrestle with their thoughts on Raeknar being involved they leave thankful as they know what happened in their city is for a good reason. Yorun and Roult watch as the people leave and once the final person has left and the door closed behind them Roult looks at the statue of Raeknar being that of a skeletal figure while the form Raeknar chose to appear in was that or an older man. Roult looks down.

"I guess we need to change that statue" Roult said jokingly as he continues to think on the situation

"Raeknar regularly changes forms, as according to their words 'death comes in all forms as does justice' which I suppose makes sense" Yorun said

"Ah fair enough, I guess that definitely clears up some stories about Raeknar and means I don't need to change the statue" Roult said jokingly once again

"You need not hide behind that joking expression with me Roult, all of this is extremely confusing and just in general a lot to take in" Yorun said

"Saw through me huh? While I am extremely happy to know about you and have you here, Raeknars appearance here and their words? I have been shook to my core as I had never anticipated for Raeknar to appear and say such words" Roult said

"Trust me I understand" Yorun said with a knowing look

"I imagine you do" Roult said with a small smile

"Anyway you wanted me to come here for a reason mind telling me what that is?" Yorun asked

"Well to be honest I was hoping Raeknar themself would make an appearance if you came here and well that did happen but there is something you could do as you are here. I could teach you to sense divine magic properly since it seems you don't really know how" Roult said

"That would be useful, I've encountered a few people who have had divine connections and identifying them myself without Raeknar would be useful" Yorun said

"First off since you wear the cloak and wield the scythe what do you feel from them?" Roult asked

"I do feel something but it is hard to define, the magic that makes them what they are feels overwhelming yet non-existent at the same time, it's something I can only feel sometimes and it powers through the sensing of my soul" Yorun said as he gazed at the scythe in his hand

"A rather accurate way to describe it actually. The magic of the gods is something we mortals can never get close to but when we try to sense it we need to know the connection between that magic and its respective god or goddess. For example learning to sense Raeknars magic will come far easier to you given you are wearing the cloak and wielding the scythe and sometimes even sense the magic so we need to just help you learn that a bit more, in this very temple we have other objects of godly origin to help with this when it comes to those who have similar professions to my own" Roult said

"Huh, so how do we go about doing this?" Yorun asked now genuinely intrigued

"Rather simple, go and sit in a quiet room and just try to focus on the magic in the scythe and cloak when you manage to feel it just try and feel the link to Raeknar as with all magic it is linked to the person the magic comes from" Roult said

"Alright I'll try it later but for now I should go and check on my associates" Yorun said

"Fair enough but do please come and tell me how trying to sense the divine magic went" Roult said

"I will" Yorun said as he walked to the door of the temple

Just as Yorun reaches out for the door however Yorun senses divine magic for a second and turns around quickly looking back in the direction he felt it and he is only greeted with one of the statues staring directly at him. Yorun knows which god the statue is of, Gaeronak watches him and he is sure of that, Yorun quickly leaves the temple and uses his connection to Golanier to find where he is and teleport to him. Upon Yoruns teleport he sees Golanier and some undead fighting what look to be mercenaries outside a large and fancy home the mercenaries are also conveniently losing, Yorun makes a few of his green fireballs and has them fly at the mercenaries quickly taking them down due to the unexpected attack.

"Oh Yorun finally got here eh?" Golanier said as he turned to look at him

"Indeed, that noble in the house?" Yorun asked

"Yup, don't sense anyone else in there so want to bust the door open?" Golanier asked smirking

"I'll do it but you need to shut off his magic quickly" Yorun said

"Alright" Golanier said

Yorun then kicked the door open and quickly dodged a fireball that came flying towards him, Golanier then shuts down the magic of the nobleman who quickly grows more terrified as he tried to use more magic but can't.

"What are you people doing!? Don't you know who I am!? Who my family is!? You should be on your knees!" The nobleman said

Yorun tunes out the nobleman's words as he just approaches him, the nobleman backs away from Yorun as much as he can until just hitting into a wall he raises his hands in a surrendering fashion and Yorun in a quick motion plants the end of the scythe through the nobleman's right hand pinning it to the wall forcing a scream from the noble.

"YOU BASTARD!" The nobleman screamed as the pain hit him

"Golanier get over here" Yorun said

"Yeah I know we practiced this after all" Golanier said

Golanier walks over and grabs the left arm of the nobleman and holds it to the wall then pins his left hand to the wall with a dagger he has causing the nobleman to scream again. Golanier then steps back as Yorun grabs the nobleman by the neck. Yorun then begins to use Golaniers magic alongside his own, the moment Golaniers soul is put to use Golanier is visibly in pain and resisting the urge to scream from it, Yorun then begins to use the additional magic along his own to surround the noblemans soul with it slowly weaving a curse together around the soul of the nobleman.

"What the fuck are you doing to me!?" The nobleman shouted confused and hurt feeling the curse

"Taking that soul of yours" Yorun said before quickly snapping his neck

With the curse weaved around the soul of the nobleman as his corpse goes limp still held up due to the scythe and dagger Yorun feels the soul beginning to fade away and he quickly begins to grab the soul with the curse as if having caught it with a lasso and dragging it to his soul, the room is emitting a blazing green visible through the windows and open door and the nobleman's soul screams as the magical link between souls is created. Yorun feeling the soul is properly bound to his own stops using Golaniers magic, the nobleman's soul begins to form into a spectral version of himself next to Yorun.

"W-what the fuck did you do to me!?" The nobleman shouted confused and horrified

Yorun then makes a fireball using the nobleman's magic to do it making the nobleman scream in pain.

"Your soul is now bound to mind, you aren't heading to Faelerm any time soon and now I can use your magic. You no longer have any power against us and we don't care for your now former noble lineage, the use of your magic will make it feel like your soul is being torn asunder from the inside and I will be using that magic. Keep quiet and you won't have it used more than necessary" Yorun said coldly while looking at him with blazing green eyes

The nobleman just nods and stops as Yorun raises the corpse of the nobleman then getting rid of the fireball he takes the scythe back while Golanier holding his chest takes back his dagger then they walk outside and raise the bodies of all the mercenaries. Yorun looks to the nobleman's soul and forces it to disappear from view as he then looks at Golanier.

"Well my magic is definitely stronger as is yours I guess" Yorun said

"Eh kind of, don't think I can make particular use of his magic as he is bound to you so I don't think it works that way for me but at the very least you can do more than before well without using me although should the situation require you could probably channel his magic to me but obviously that takes away from you" Golanier said

"Oh well, it's something we can see about later regardless though more magical power is certainly appreciated" Yorun said

Yorun sees the people gathered who were watching the fight with the mercenaries and heard the screams, the horrified look on their faces readily apparent but Yorun doesn't even bat an eye at his actions as he just walks away leaving Golanier to recover wondering what will happen next...