I went past the door way into the house, to my surprise it smelt of herbs and old soup... There they lay, Maud and Oswin. Unfortunate circumstances, wish I could have done more maybe if I did medicine in my past life...
They strung up the herbs, spices and by the work station she had processed some into powders... And some dried meats as well, her infamously tasty smoked meats as well, I put them in my sack.
The house was surprisingly clear of the mist with them being the source of plague in their house... Non of the food was contaminated. Their efforts to help the village had ultimately cemented their deaths...
Since the mist meant I could heal myself than... I don't have to be scared of the plague and any infections. I got close to the pair, I could see that these too loved each other... I hasitated, would this be desecration of corpses. Would they have liked me to use their bodies for my survival... The Answer is a resounding... No!
What if I could bring them back to life foreal this time, would they agree than... I think they'd say yes. Provided they had their autonomy and would accept some limitations as my payment... It's difficult to raise them on good conscience.
I'd give them back to their families if they came looking for them, for now I'll use them as tools. I'd bring them back to life if I could... And wouldn't ask for payment they were good to this village. Besides Maud was a creative and experimented with some taboos sometimes, she'd be curious at least.
Their bodies were fresh, decay setting in very slowly, kept the nature of this mana, "lol, look at me use, magical words" I muttered. The black mist/ death energy quite concentrated. So I focused and drove all the black mist I could feel around me into Muad and also the mana I already absorbed within my body, as I started to feel weak and the hunger was returning, I felt tired and lethargic... This must be the small sign of finishing my "magic /mana"... Then I pushed to see how bad it could get...
I felt sleepy, hungry, cold, the room started swimming... I was keeping track then everything went purple, I could see just in purple. When corpse Muad got up and turned towards me, then darkness.
I woke up after what seemed like an instant, but the nature of the cold had changed. It was afternoon, colder, and the day was waning... I noticed the concentration of the death energy around corpse Maud and I dropped and I was feeling colder and hungry, so I grabbed the dried meats and berries and ate.
"get up" I said to corpse Muad, she got up and stood, waiting for a command. "who are you?" I asked, nothing... Was the reply. Still... Another hand to my undead army!!! "hahaha" and so it begins... I think the time alone was getting to me...