Even through Ackster's death and rebirth, the Demon Sword maintained its parasitism on Ackster. It was too busy gorging on the gift Trana had left him to really care about anything else. After all, few things could compare to a dragon's vitality. But if there were, it was Ackster.
A dead dragon's vitality was also a finite resource. Even if Ackster's vitality was a little lacking in quality, it was endless. However, Ackster lodged the sword into the ground to punish it for its crime of theft. He had planned on leaving it there for an indefinite time.
But when dealing with the Dragon of Life, a vitality thief might be too handy to let go.
It seemed like its punishment had sharpened the sword's appetite, and it happily devoured the vitality of the nearby zombies, even without coming in contact.
Ackster looked at the sword in its hand. It was awfully obedient now. It was also stronger now that it had processed the dragon's vitality to strengthen itself.
