Capítulo 823: Battle of Wits (Part 1)

His long life had led the Draugr to not believe in optimism, so he put in action all of his contingency plans and started to prepare for more.

'It must be the humans' work. Ever since the new batch of pests arrived, things have started to go wrong. I don't know if the root of my problems is the human girl Marth was so eager to find or the Awakened the Night Court warned me about.

'Luckily, I know how to throw them off their game and buy the time that I need to bring my plan to fruition.' Erlik thought while activating his communication amulet.

His control over the Sapling was still rough, but after corrupting his latest dwelling for long enough, he was able to deactivate the arrays that covered the city within its area.

After his arrival to the Garlen continent, before he could enact his plan, Erlik had made contact with all the Undead Courts to find out which one of them would be the best partner.