Warhammer: Return of the Dragon

Chapter 628: Live to serve, or die as a slave
Under Arkhan's disbelieving gaze, a person emerged from Manfred's body. To be precise, it wasn't an emergence, but a transformation.

The blood ancestor took his son's body as his own without mercy, and the soul that had been bound by the blood ring for hundreds of years was freed.

The long pale hair, the aloof temperament and eyes, and the absolute confidence in himself all indicate one thing. Vlad von Carstein, Count of Sylvania, has returned to the mortal world.

Opposite of Vlad's appearance, Imrik shook off the ice on his body. The elf smiled at Arkhan who was scouting in the distance, his lips trembling slightly.

To convey a message, run away quickly, the dog raised by Nagash.

The most unbelievable thing is Katrin. She endured facing a group of traitors in the palace and devoted her energy to controlling the energy of the earth veins. She just wanted to kill Imrik at the last moment.

But the original main attacker has turned into someone else, and Manfred, who had high hopes, disappeared inexplicably, turning these actions into a meaningless struggle, and all efforts became foreshadowing for others.

Before she could ask what happened, Vlad slashed at the ghost face next to him with disgust and contempt.
"A disgusting barbarian who doesn't even have a clear goal in his pursuit of power. His fear of death outweighs everything else."

Regardless of whether Vlad was acting, offering a gift to the elves, Arkhan knew that things were out of control when he noticed the expressions of nostalgia and respect on the faces of those vampires when they met the Blood Ancestor.

Vashanesh will not be willing to be controlled by his master. Let’s leave first, but it may be difficult to find such an opportunity next time...

Arkhan took one last look at the elf carrying the Book of Nagash and ordered Simon Simeon to retreat. This change was indeed greater than expected, and I am afraid that the biggest beneficiary would be Vlad.

As for what happened between him and Imrik, it may take time to speculate.

The blizzard dissipated and the battlefield returned to its original state. The mortals who had been fighting for a long time suddenly found that the skeleton in front of them seemed to be motionless, waiting for the massacre in a daze.

Several vampires shook off their entangled opponents and came to Vlad, who was standing proudly with injuries. Although they were a little afraid of Imrik, their unconcealed excitement still made him speak out what was in his heart.

"Vlad... Blood Ancestor, are you back?"

Vlad nodded and didn't explain much about why it came out of Manfred's body.

He inserted the sword of blasphemy into the ground, looked at the peaceful battlefield, and said his first words after returning,

"I'm back, this is my destiny. Live to serve, or die as a servant, make your choice."

Several vampires looked at each other, the tone was exactly the same as their impression of Vlad.

It was an era worth remembering. There was no crazy rule by Conrad, nor was there a conspiracy that Manfred could stir up.

They knelt down on one knee, looked down at the ground, and accepted the news of Vlad's return.

"Serve my father, and serve death as a servant."

Vlad nodded lightly, sheathed the sword of blasphemy, and walked towards the undead army without looking back, "Leave, this is not where Von Carstein belongs."

Looking at the back of the family master walking away, the vampires looked at each other, their eyes seemed to be communicating. Is this an announcement that the war is over?
While the vampires were still communicating, Imric reminded him kindly,

"My body is a little stiff now, but my eyesight is pretty good. You have three seconds to decide your next move. Whether to challenge me or run away quickly, but now is your chance."

Several senior blood descendants chose to leave. Now that the head of the family is back, everything will be fine.

As for the battle in Kislev, it can only be said that it was due to Manfred's plan. Who wants to become a noble in this wretched place.

A large number of undead skeletons that lost control of the mage were turned into corpses. The bloodthirsty ghosts and bat wolves that Vlad despised were given to the Lahmian family as cannon fodder. All important family members were ordered to retreat.

The Lahmia family, which had lost strong support, considered for some time in their hearts, looked at the Ghost King who was still leading the ghouls on the front line, and chose to use it as a cover for their retreat.

A battlefield disintegration that has appeared many times in the history of the undead has begun again. They don't care who dies, but they must not die themselves. They can do things like selling teammates more smoothly than the followers of Tzeentch.

Masno and the dragon flew to the ground, staring at the fleeing vampires among the undead, their teeth itching with anger.
"Do we need to pursue it?"

"Continue the pursuit, but the Von Carstein family does not need to pay attention."

After saying this order that made Masnow somewhat baffled, Imric yawned and activated the spirit horse ring around his neck, and asked the calf Matorek to come out to see the scenery and take him back to the camp.

All this is barely a victory, I just hope nothing bad happens again.

Fifteen days later...

On the ship that set off back to Ulthuan, Imrik fiddled with the gold bracelet in his palm and listened to Oliveira explain the situation at that time.

"Dettlaff finally rebelled against Catlin and was killed by Haaland himself..."

Oliveira looked hesitant and wanted to ask if this was also the prince's arrangement. He did not expect this possibility. The barbarian who saved his life died at the hands of his brother.

"He did something worth remembering." Imrik sighed. He really didn't expect that Dettlaff would choose to sacrifice himself at the last moment and bear all the sins in order to erase the stain of the Blood Serpent Brotherhood.

His last prayer before his death was that Kislev would never have to go through such suffering again, rather than asking for forgiveness from Sotek.

Before being a believer, Dettlaff was a child of Motherland, a man who knew suffering and was willing to endure it.

"Raskol seems to be with Katrin

(End of this chapter)