Yorun and his small horde of undead walk towards Orakin via forest paths though as they walk Yorun is deep in thought about multiple things, will Gira help more? Will those she warned off be in Orakin at this moment? The biggest question though is how he will avoid them and find those who killed his village but as he continues to walk the undead bird lands on his shoulder snapping him back to reality.

"Sorry, got lost in my head for a minute there" Yorun said as he looked at the bird

The bird just looked at him before tilting its head.

"I did say I would give you a name, feels like a needed thing not just because of your use but you were the first of my horde. So how about... Koralin?" Yorun asked

Koralin nodded and cawed in agreement making Yorun smile a little. Koralin flies high into the sky to scout ahead and see how far the village is. Not long after that however Yorun is abruptly forced into seeing through Koralins eyes, Yorun after taking a second to recover from the suddenness sees what Koralin does, a group of heavily armed people with a couple mages in Orakin.

"Shit, I'll need to work around them, hopefully not get seen or sensed" Yorun said with annoyance clear in his voice

Yorun begins to see through his own eyes again but just as he does his mind gets a new strain as Raeknar begins to speak to him telepathically.

"Yorun, you need not worry of them specifically sensing you, my cloak radiates my divine magic and it will block others from sensing magic in you under normal circumstances" Raeknar said

"So I can be prepared, what would unusual circumstances be?" Yorun asked

"Those who are priests and the like, they can recognise the touch of divinity on an object or person also those who have magic granted to them by a god could sense the divine magic as well as your normal magic" Raeknar stated

"Great, least they are in far fewer numbers than natural magic users" Yorun said relieved

"Indeed" Raeknar said before their voice left Yoruns mind

"I am never going to not feel some pain from Raeknar talking in my head" Yorun thought to himself as he continued on his way to Orakins outskirts

Yorun orders the horde to to stay in the forest and out of sight as he goes into town only allowing Koralin to follow but high up enough for no one to notice. Yorun gets rid of Raeknars scythe and makes sure the hood of the cloak is firmly covering as much of his face as possible before he heads into the village. Yorun can feel the uneasiness of the villagers but he also overhears some of them talking about the incoming tax collectors for their village, Yorun is kind of happy to hear that.

"Once I get the undead healed up I could find a way to set a trap for them when they come, take down some of the people behind my villages destruction" Yorun thought to himself

Yorun makes his way to Giras house and just as he is about to check with Koralin where the group of heavily armed soldiers and mages are they round the corner, Yorun quickly tries to head around a house and out of view but they see him, one of the soldiers points at him.

"Hey you! We need to talk!" The soldier shouted causing Yorun to turn back slightly, showing the burnt half of his face

"What is it you need?" Yorun asked trying his best to not sound nervous

"The fuck happened to you? You new in this town?" The soldier asked

"I am new yes, I originally was coming here to trade with the villagers but was attacked by bandits along the way so now I have a permanent reminder to hire some guards next time" Yorun said

"Other than these ones or that healer have you seen any mages around these parts?" The soldier asked

"No not to my knowledge" Yorun said doing his best to hide the lie

"Are you a mage?" The soldier then asked while placing a hand on the pommel of his sword

"No sir" Yorun said

"Mages scan him anyway just in case" The soldier said

The mages proceed to scan Yorun and basically immediately they look to the soldiers.

"If this man has any magic it's so damn miniscule it doesn't exist. Lets go we'll ask the healer more later" The head mage said before leaving with the rest

"Thank the go- Well I suppose I should say Thank Raeknar specifically in this instance" Yorun thought to himself

Yorun heads to Giras house and knocks on the door leading Gira to open it.

"Yorun? Quickly get inside" Gira said letting him in and closing the door behind him

"Hello again Gira" Yorun said

"Yes hello but those people came searching so its dangerous, why are you here?" Gira asked very confused

"I'll explain that in a minute though if you are worried they'll sense my magic or anything you need not worry after all try and sense it" Yorun said

"I-I can't. I hadn't even realised, how?" Gira asked even more confused now

"Suffice to say much has happened since we last saw one another" Yorun said and he explained all that happened including Raeknar

"By the gods, t-this is incredible. The god of death and justice wanting you to do this then as reward will even bring your family and friends back. This is unprecedented wait you said you needed my help during that explanation so what do you need?" Gira asked

"When I raise an undead their body functions similarly enough to when they're alive to the point they can naturally heal over time like us and I'd assume healing magic would work on them, I have no knowledge on how to use that yet and my undead all have injuries but the bandits specifically are very broken to say the least, if you could heal them and teach me the basics it would be appreciated plus I may be able to help myself eventually with it too" Yorun said while pointing to the burns on his face

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"I want to at least try and help so where are these undead of yours?" Gira asked

"Follow me" Yorun said

They leave the house and head to the forest and then off the path, Yorun calls all the undead to him and Gira upon seeing them coming to them does actually get a little terrified especially of the undead bandits that have to crawl quickly towards them.

"They are unnerving" Gira said

"You get surprisingly used to it, trust me on that" Yorun said

Gira begins to use healing magic on the undead but none of them start to heal, she tries to put more magic into it yet it does nothing. Koralin flies down and lands on Yoruns shoulder and Gira tries to solely heal him but even on something as small as Koralin the healing does nothing.

"This isn't working, shit" Yorun said with an annoyed tone

"Sorry I couldn't be of help Yorun" Gira said apologetically

"Before you leave let me find out if theres a trick to it. Raeknar are you around?" Yorun asks and Gira is surprised by his casualness about Raeknar

"Yes I am here" Raeknar said as they just appear before them in the form of a large undead looking man

"R-Raeknar..." Gira said as she immedaitely kneels

"Stand up Gira of Orakin, if you are to be an ally of Yorun you need not kneel" Raeknar said and soon after Gira stood up

"So, there a trick to healing the undead?" Yorun asked casually

"There is indeed, healing magic speeds up not just the bodies healing but stimulates the persons soul sending the healing magic throughout their body like blood from it now naturally the undead have no souls but your magic still runs through them Yorun all Gira needs to do it channel it through you into them, of course it will be easier when you learn to do it yourself" Raeknar stated

"Huh lot simpler than I had expected" Yorun said

"Thank you God Raeknar" Gira said before bowing and starting to heal the undead through Yorun

"Just call me Raeknar it's annoying having all the damn titles mortals put on us" Raeknar said

"O-oh s-sorry" Gira said

They all watch as the undead begin to heal even those with the worst injuries begin to heal, bones are heard snapping back together skin visibly sealing back up as if no injury had been there. The healing efforts here do not go unnoticed however, back in Orakin that group of heavily armed soldiers and mages noticed, the mages sensed massive surge of healing magic.

"We haven't heard anything about a large group of people being hurt did we?" One of the mages asked

"No sir, why?" The lead soldier asked

"Seems that healer may have been hiding something, either that or bandits attacked oh well either way lets go see and deal with it. Such a boring day" The lead mage said

"It'd be nice to help out for a change if it is bandits" One of the younger soldiers said

The group heads towards the forest and to where Yorun, Gira, Raeknar and the undead all are. Raeknar sees them coming and just disappears, Yorun and Gira don't think much of it seeing that they did what they came to do. The undead all finish getting healed and Yorun looks at Gira however just as he is about to thank her they hear someone start speaking.

"And what the fuck is going on here?" The lead mage asked as he and the group come out from behind trees

"Shit it's them" Yorun said

"Hey he's that burned merchant from earlier!" The lead soldier shouted

"Never mind him look at the people and animals behind him and the healer they don't have souls!" One of the mages shouted astonished

"How the hell did you do this healer?" The lead mage asked genuinely curious

"Whosoever said she did it?" Yorun asked as he turned to look at them with the scythe appearing in his right hand once more

"Where the fuck did that come from!? You have know magic!" The lead mage shouted

Yorun lights up a green fireball in his left hand while Gira gets behind him but the green fireball seems to have awoken something in one of the soldier.

"Green fire? I saw that back in Kurinet when me and some of the others burned it down" One of the older soldiers said

Yoruns eyes immediately fixate on that soldier and they glow a menacing dark green as he points the scythe at the soldier.

"Get the others he's mine" Yorun said coldly his voice sounding overlayed on itself almost demonically

The undead turn to the group and charge at them, the soldiers and mages quickly pull out swords or magic as they prepare for a fight the animal undead charge into the group separating them though the mages are still in a small group covering each other. Yorun throws the green fireball at the soldier who was involved with Kurinet and he then rushes at him grabbing the scythe with both hands, the soldier quickly blocks the fireball with a shield and tries to counterattack when Yorun gets close enough his blade hits the large wooden part of the scythe but it doesn't break, splinter or seem like it will any time soon. Yorun is physically weaker than the soldier but in this instance it doesn't even seem like that's the case as he holds back the soldiers attack effortlessly, Yorun stops pushing as hard and angles the scythe forcing the soldier who's putting all his weight into the push against it move forward due to the blade sliding down the wooden handle to the metal head Yorun completes the motion by turning the scythe even more hitting the soldier with the bottom of scythe right in the head forcing the soldier back as for him the hit felt far stronger than he anticipated.

"How the fuck are you so damn strong and why the fuck does some little farmer from one of these dumb outskirts village have such a strong weapon!?" The soldier shouted confused as he raises his shield

Yorun doesn't speak as his hands light on fire and that fire travels up the scythe not lighting it on fire until the fire meets the metal end, the fire wraps around and springs forth from the metal as if it started from there but the usual green fire turns black as Yorun stares the soldier down. The soldier fearing his life and the seemingly great strength of the foe in front of him moves back himself and firmly grabs the shield with both hands after tossing his sword at Yorun which Yorun moved out of the way from as the soldier was far to obvious about it. Yorun quickly moves towards the soldier and as he does so his mind has Kurinets slaughter flash through it enraging Yorun more and more knowing this man in front of him was part of it and that he seemed to not care.

"Get him" Raeknars voice echoed in Yoruns mind as he slashed the scythe at the soldier

For everyone there save for the undead time seems to slow to a crawl as they see the scythe lit with its black flames begin to slice through the shield as well as the armour and man behind it blood splattering across yorun and once the scythe cut through entirely the soldier falls to the ground a large gash through the armour and body of the man while the shield falls to the ground in two pieces. The other soldiers seeing this grow terrified and quickly surrender the mages however look intrigued and they scan Yorun again yet they still sense no magic, the undead quickly subdue them in their moment of curiosity. Yorun however is standing above the dead soldier looking at his hands and the scythe with the dripping blood on it, his hands are shaking.

"I... I actually... killed him" Yorun whispered to himself in shock that he actually did

"You dispensed justice but there are others here in need of judging" Raeknars said as their voice echoed in his mind once more

Yorun grips the scythe as he tries to calm himself before turning to the soldiers and the mages, fear in the eyes of the soldiers and the mages eyes full of intrigue and anger. Yorun walks over to them, the undead have gathered them together and have blades pointed at them. Yorun stares them down.

"Were any of you in Kurinet?" Yorun asked

"No! It was only him! He was assigned to our group after odd magics were sensed!" The youngest soldier shouts

"Gira come here and scan them for me, I know one can determine the truth with that and I have little experience with that" Yorun said

Gira walks over and she scans the soldier.

"He's telling the truth, ask the same question to the rest as the scan can't account for him just not knowing" Gira stated

Yorun and Gira repeat this with all of the soldiers and then even the mages, they all tell the truth only that soldier was there in Kurinet.

"Now if I let you all go what will you do?" Yorun asked

"W-we'd have to report this and if we didn't we'd be i-imprisoned or e-executed due to not reporting someone killed a soldier" The youngest soldier said

"Then go, run back to your commanders and tell them Raeknar comes from Kurinet and justice will be served" Yorun stated coldly

The undead step back and the bandits keep their blades out as the soldiers and mages quickly leave as Yorun sits down, the scythe hits the ground and Yorun looks at his hands the blood on them a foreign sight to him as he comes to terms with the fact he killed someone no matter the situation.