Night panted a bit, before he could fully recover from his mental fatigue. As he looked at the spawn's corpse, he didn't feel anything, his eyes were cold.
Still, he walked closer to the corpse and began to process it. He only took essential things like its claws and feathers and lastly its core.
After all that was acquired, he simply packed his things and activated his hide enchantment.
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By the time he got back, it was already dusk by then, and only one person was there. Night ignored her, as he walked in.
"Night, was it,you look strange".
Night still ignored her, his face did not change in the slightest. He knew who she was, and with the weird vibe around her, he instinctively kept his distance.
All of a sudden she grabbed my hand.
"Why are you so cold, soften up a bit"
Night, he resisted her grip and with a weird smile walked away. Something about her touch, warned him that something would occur soon enough.
Everyone had their role in the group.
So, it meant , even if he didn't want to, he had to know who they were to find out their roles.
Apart from silver and min who he knew a little, the other six in their group were completely strangers to him .
Damian, Mei, Roan, aria, iris and Keith
Damian, roan and kieth were male. Their appearance was distinct. He was apparently great with a bow, which was a surprise to him..
Damian had black hair and eyes, his hair covered his eyes making it hard to notice his facial features.
Roan had golden blonde hair and dark grey eyes. He was a fighter with a well built body.
And Keith was also a fighter, with a unique presence to him. Right now it was hard to tell, but he didn't need to.
Aria, mei and iris were females.
Aria had brown hair and light green eyes. Quiet with her abilities completely hidden. She was young and beautiful, clearly someone easy going, but too quiet to speak up.
Mei, who he had met earlier, was someone he knew he couldn't trust. She was older than most of them in the group.
In the end, that was all he could say about them. Silver, aria and min gathered supplies, mei, iris and keith dealt with tactical issues like exchange and clearing out weak spawns in the area and lastly, roan, damian and him. Scouted the surroundings and took care of highly dangerous spawns which could cause trouble later. They also made sure to draw a map of the middle ruins, marking out places with a lot of spawns and dangerous areas. In the end, their role was to ensure the safety of the group.
After handing silver half of the cores he gathered, night, went out of the base and headed to the nearest rooftop.
He made sure no one saw him and to safely cross without alerting any spawns in the area.
When night got there, he brought out some jerky silver gave him and sat down.
[Librarian's lost journal]
As the book formed, night brought out a vial filled with blood. Then, I made a pen using it.
Night sketched out the sapphire abyss, making every where he remembered before moving on to the ruined city.
"I will have to leave soon"
Saying that only made him guilty. Although, he had only spent less than three days with her, he knew he had to leave soon. There were several reasons, but the most reasonable one was her safety.
Being with him, would not change anything, all he had gained in the abyss was erased with her death.
He could not wield a sword any longer, he lost ren.
The best he could do right now is to move alone. That way, he might not lose anything else.
Night's plan was to leave after gathering more information and helping her get a little bit stronger. Then move to the center ruin.
Night closed the journal, then focused on,
[Shadow kin]
His range unfolded, and then, he tried to control aen. He lengthened his range as much as he could, before, his shadow slipped away.
Night closed his eyes and grabbed the pen again. Opened the journal , and started drawing. Every obstacle in the way was easy to pass through, his shadow slowly reached the edge of his range, but still, he had not seen anything new. The moment his shadow stopped, someone tapped his back.
His range vanished as he lost focus, and along with it, his connection with his shadow blanked out.
He turned to see who it was, and surprisingly, it was silver.
"Night, something happened, we need to go back".
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Night didn't understand, but still, he allowed himself to get dragged back by silver.
When they got back, the atmosphere was tense, and all eyes were cautiously staring at him.
As soon as, the silence became unbearable, damian broke the silence.
"Where is it,?"
Night felt totally confused, he could barely understand what was going on.
Until, he continued.
"You stole it, didn't you? My relix"
"Relic"....night said, still confused.
A relic was like a chronicle, only with a different origin. Chronicles are objects which are created by the hex, but are also items which held great importance to their origin. But it no longer exists. The key point to their meaning is that they no longer exist. On the other hand, relixs hold great importance to history.
But unlike Chronicles they aren't made by the hex. They existed and absorbed aen and mana over time.
They are ranked the same way, but they are far stronger than a normal chronicle.
Yet, somehow, he's telling me i took his.
"It doesn't make sense. Why am i the one who took it"
He was speechless. Night continued, his voice cold and emotionless.
"I never knew or saw a relix, so how did you expect me to steal it? And even if i did, have you forgotten. A chronicle or relix can't be stolen without permission."
Night was about to continue, until roan interrupted, saying,
"That's the scary part, it did get stolen. Since it vanished from his soul".
After hearing that, night couldn't help but feel scared. If it was true. Then one of us had the ability to steal any chronicle. Regardless of whether or not it was in the soul.
It meant, one of them.....
Was the theif