Chapter 114: 114
Breath after breath, the exposed humerus slid back under the skin and in its place, soon Lith's body was back to normal .
Rodimas barely reacted to his voice . Seeing her comrades die, being helpless while Melia was tortured, all of it had been a terrible experience . But seeing Raghul's metamorphosis, smelling his stench of death and decay had been too much .
She hadn't bit her tongue only because of the gag, but had screamed the whole time nonetheless . She knew that after Lith's death it would be her turn to be eaten alive . Her eyes only showed the white, the pupil rolled almost backwards .
She had dislocated both her shoulders trying to break free from the restraints . Sweat, tears and mucus dirtied her face, making her hair stick to it like a filthy mask .
The terror had completely broken her .
Lith had to splash Rodimas with cold water to force her to regain her focus .
Her voice was hoarse from the strain, but still clear . She explained how the request hadn't come through the official channels of the mercenary guild, but via one of their contacts in the black market of the city of Kandria .
According to the books in Soluspedia, it was simply a market town, the nearest trading hub to the academy .
The contractor was a merchant, but the odd request coupled with the high reward had made the mercenaries suspicious . After taking a considerable down payment, they had investigated the matter, discovering that the merchant was just a middle man .
According to their sources, he served the powerful and noble Androse family, famous for its centuries old magical legacy . At that point, they only had two choices, return the money and back off from the job, or get involved in the political struggle .
Sobbing, Rodimas told how she had voted for the former option, but had been outnumbered, because the pay was too good and the risks seemed minimal at the time .
Lith didn't know what to do . Her story would have been much more significant, if he could do anything about it . The odd thing was that since he had created his own version of the Frankenstein's monster, the feeling of impending failure had disappeared .
"That's not all . " Rodimas managed to say after some stuttering .
"Since we managed to get in and out of the forest many times, after complimenting with us, our contractor gave us another task . We were supposed to deliver a package tomorrow . "
- "The time frame is way off . I had more than a day to catch up with them, so why the need to rush? Still, the vision showed me that the academy is someway related to this . Whatever this thing is, it could be useful to change the course of the events . –
"It's in my dimensional amulet . "
Lith took out all the amulets looted, allowing Rodimas to recognize his own and take out the package . Since magical items just needed a thought to work, he didn't free her hands, just placed it on her forehead while setting up several protections with spirit magic, just to be on the safe side .
Rodimas kept her word, materializing a wooden box the size of a briefcase . It had no particular markings or insignia, the only remarkable thing about it was the lock .
It was placed along the narrow and long side of the box, and it consisted of an octahedron shaped stone, with several runes engraved all around it, forming a spiral . Using Invigoration, Lith was capable of examining its pseudo core .
- "It's nothing I have ever seen before . I bet everything I do not have that without the proper code it will self-destruct, explode or something . And if I really want to discover what's inside, I have only one shot . " –
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