🍁Nine Ancient Obelisks

Lunariyka looked at Asmidul with horror.

– This pendant... it showed me... that evening. The evening when HE burst into the bathhouse where the archmage was resting, and with her, I... he killed the miracle worker of time with a single blow, the most powerful sorceress of Asuguh died without even realizing what had happened to her! I tried to escape, but HE... turned out to be faster than the wind, faster than anyone I've ever seen... with a single swing of his sword, my body was split in two. I was dying for several hours, my two halves lay in the middle of the street, and no one could help. And then... then I was alive again. And the archmage too, although she disappeared for a long time. Perhaps her power over time was able to reverse the consequences of the assassination, but the fact remains: the black knight cannot be defeated even by the best sorceress in the kingdom. What can I do to him... only hide and hope that he does not return and finish what he started. And he didn't return! For a whole year! Until this ill-fated day!

Although the dark powers that Kamistella acquired after her "death" were generally worth it. But this was not a reason to dream of a repeat meeting.

—What a lucky coincidence, or is it a mockery of fate, that we met today. —Asmidul finally said after an unacceptably long pause. —So, from one interrogation, our conversation has already turned into another. But wait, you say a year? Then we have very little time. You are also in great danger.

Fidgeting with the unopened envelope in his hands, he unsuccessfully tries to gather his thoughts:
—My story of meeting this guy happened right in this house, and ended in roughly the same way as yours. And we are far from the only ones among his victims. From what I know, the knight mainly hunts young people who have reached adulthood. About a year after the "vision" of his death, the curse enters an active phase. I haven't figured out how it works yet, but from what I know... you will either fall down dead, or you will start to lose your mind, mutilate and kill those around you. And what is worse, in the first case, other people will simply forget about you and about the curse.

After thinking for a moment, he adds:
—That's why it is so important to find all the victims and, most importantly, the lair of the villain. There were two of us, but at the moment, only I can search. Perhaps, with your magical abilities, our chances will increase? But the archmage... I couldn't have imagined that things were so bad. If we don't solve this mystery, I'm afraid that not only we, but all of Asuguh will have a hard time.