Living With My Lady Boss

Just then, however, the corpse opened its eyes all of a sudden to stare at the crowd.

Isabella got a fright, ducking to hide behind Wilbur.

The man's expression was stern as he stood between the girl and Logan. Logan looked to be rearing to go, preparing for battle.

Saiba and his men looked intently at the Ark King.

The Ark King's eyes lit up with a deep red flame, and a peal of laughter escaped his dried lips to echo in the sprawling hall, sending chills down everyone's spines.

"I'm so happy you managed to get in here. Your lives are so much more worthy than those idiots'. I like it," the Ark King's mouth opened and closed, rasping out a welcome to Wilbur and the rest with an inhuman voice.

"What's going on here?" Isabella could not help but ask at last.

This was all very creepy to her, and she needed to know what was happening.

Wilbur said in a dark voice, "I think this old zombie's attracting lives for him to absorb so he can be revived completely."

The words made the Ark King's gaze move to land on Wilbur.

thousand years for this day to come. My army of death shall overtake the world, and the reign of the

dreams you will," Wilbur

surprised. "You've got

I don't need you to tell me that to know it," Wilbur muttered, staring coldly at

he had been lonely for too long and was looking for someone to rant at. "I know you're all very curious, and I'll be happy to satiate that

said nothing, only looking at the Ark

ago, I received this Scepter of Death." The Ark King stared at the scepter in

town to get the validation of the scepter, and to be bestowed its power," he sighed, before continuing, "Alas, my body was too weak at the time. I was attacked by the scepter's deathly aura and was tortured to no end.

all of a

of death. Now I just need enough life, and I'll be able to build a body to be revived and live forever. My army

King was overwhelmed with emotion, standing up as the flames in his eyes grew and the scepter radiated with a deathly

outside began to let off

seemed to lose their energy instantaneously, falling to the ground in a scattering of

gulped, sensing that something terrible was about

terrified, and

willing to sacrifice the lives of an entire city just so he would