The Emperor was, after all was said and done, unusually difficult to manipulate.
I mean, which near-almighty emperor who held the lives of billions in his hands and had every single one of them doing his every whim at will, could actually remain calm after being taunted that way?
That particular one could.
"Enough of this folly." The Emperor said a second time. He seemed to have a tendancy to repeat words.
"My guards tried to kill you. They failed. You on the other hand, managed to kill two. Let that be the end of it." The Emperor said grandly, his soft but highly penetrative power permeating deeply into my defenseless soul and tried to manipulate me into agreeing with him.
"Ah! Soul power!" Arabella said instantly in a grim voice. "Our questions are answered. My greatest fear…" Arabella allowed her words to trail with a deep sigh.
"Necrogen Soulpriests." Maziz Kazire spat vehemently. "The vilest reanimators in existence."
