"Excellent. You truly deserve to be my headmaster of darkness."
The Lich King gave Headmaster Gadd another approving pat on the shoulder.
"But..." Gadd looked up at the Lich King and asked earnestly, with the resolve of a man prepared to die, "Master, after I die, could you resurrect me as a more powerful Lich?"
At Gadd's words, Duke Blaumeux actually looked a little nervous.
She glanced at Gadd's lower body, then looked at Scourge Lord Taelan and nodded slightly, her tension fading.
"You won't lose, so naturally, you won't die," the Lich King said. "As long as you master the sure-fire method of winning, there won't be a problem."
"Oh, a sure-fire method?" Gadd's face lit up with delight.
His master truly was powerful and cared about him. He would never send him off to die for nothing!
The Lich King explained patiently:
"Haven't you noticed? There's a pattern to the way this Rhode attacks."
"He strikes fast and hard, often killing his enemy in a single blow."
"And precisely because of that, the people who die at his hands usually have no time to react."
"But this time, we're launching a surprise attack from hiding, so we'll definitely react faster than him. In other words, all you need to do is strike first and kill him outright."
Headmaster Gadd pondered for a while.
Hmm...
This strategy doesn't sound wrong.
Enemies die when they're killed, after all.
But the problem is...
Does striking before Rhode guarantee I can kill him?
Of course, Gadd dared not question the Lich King. He could only humbly hint at his concerns:
"Master, your method is truly brilliant. If I do as you say, I'll have no trouble killing him. It's just... if I had some divine weapon to help me... something like Frostmourne