War on Berkset 2 (special preview)

Orrik furrows his brow at me. “He wanted war, we know that-”

“No!” I gasp. “He didn’t care for the war at all. He just wanted all the bloodshed that came with it.” I look down at the village. “I have to call our troops back now.”

“You can’t! Are you crazy?” Nicolai snaps.

“He wants blood, I can’t have any more spilled.” I rush down to the battle, fighting my way through to Habbar. 

“I need you to get all the people out of here!” I command him. “Keep your Golems from letting any of the Dragonborn or Sanguis’ army out! Take women and children with you as well! We need to stop the bloodshed now!”

Habbar does as best he can. Within time the troops that remain have been pulled from the battle but the Dragonborn and the dark army remains. They fight against the Golems, but they provide the necessary wall to keep them in.

As we get the remaining troops and the women and children to the beach lightning crashes down into the village. The force of it blows back the Golems and even trips those us close by. As I fall to the ground I look up and see a Dragonborn at one of the balconies of the castle. He’s glowing bright red and controlling the lightning that strikes the village. I can hear the screams and anguish of the troops still inside. I sit up, seeing all the blood that has been spilled is glowing and forming a strange pattern on the ground.

“What’s happening?” Orrik screams.

I hold my hands up to keep those behind me silent. From within the village I see the dead and living alike come marching forward. They are all greatly disfigured, even the walking skeletons. The marrow in the skeletons juts from the bones, forming spikes and ridges on the body. I look up to the Dragonborn on the balcony, realizing that he is Sangus Rex himself.

“Oh god,” I whisper. “There’s too many of them again.”