"Okay. That’s good to know. Let me know if I can help in any way. This time, he has truly pushed himself a lot for my sake. I might get my hands on a soul-healing or strengthening type elixir soon, but I cannot guarantee it." Damon explained and sat down opposite her. Kate and Mark sat down as well.
"Thank you." Sylvara smiled. "We would definitely appreciate all the help that we can get."
Damon nodded and then came to the next important thing. "So what’s happening back in the northern mountains? Sorry, I was not able to respond immediately. We had a lot going on at that time."
Sylvara smiled bitterly. "It’s okay. I know you had your hands full. Everyone knows. The whole world is talking about how you became the first city ruler."
Damon could only laugh at that. "If only it were that simple. The reality is not that glamorous. I haven’t become a city anything yet, and all of this is only going to last for another week if I don’t take some drastic steps. It is not that simple to bring a dark faction base smack dab in the middle of a light faction territory. The chance of success is almost zero."
Kate quietly listened, her fingers laced in her lap, while Mark leaned back, his expression unreadable.
"I figured as much," Sylvara said. "That’s why I didn’t reach out immediately either. We were both fighting our own battles. But the situation back in the northern mountains..." She trailed off, then exhaled deeply. "It has become somewhat weird."
"Huh?" Damon was confused. "How so? Did they already claim the legacy?"
Sylvara shook her head. "Nope. The whole group left the place a long time ago. I don’t think that they will return either. If I am not wrong, they should be done with that place."
"Hmmm? That’s unexpected." Damon thought that they would have completely monopolized the area.
Sylvara then explained everything with a bitter smile. "Damon, I haven’t told you yet, but that place has changed a lot now. Sometime in the past two days, almost right after that mysterious group showed up, another beast also showed up in the waters."
"A beast?"
Sylvara nodded. "Well, it could be anything. The truth is that no one has seen this beast properly. It is running wild in the waters, and it attacks anyone who even steps inside the main cavern. No one has even been able to attempt the trial anymore or use the black pool. The whole place has become useless."
Damon became silent as a puzzled expression appeared on his face. "Interesting. This is definitely something that I should take a look at. Give me some more time. Once I settle some things, I will come by and see what happened and what type of beast this is."
And if it was strong enough to block access to the black pool entirely... then it wasn’t just some random stray. Either one of those people left it behind on purpose, or maybe someone else entirely was involved in this...
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