There are never too many unexplored places…
“Any day now. We just need to wait for reinforcements from the Fighters Clan,” Augur assured the inexperienced student. “You will be notified. In fact… the Corviss expedition is unlikely to take long. If the old records are correct, there is a sea to the west of the mountain range.”
According to this logic, the tunnel led to a dead end because the chthonic forest stretched to the south, and the wastelands teeming with Vardani raiders lay to the north.
– I understand, teacher. Perhaps I should tell you about the strange things that happened on my way to the chromas… Maybe this information will be of interest to you.
– Lady Clarissa assigned me 4 of our warriors and 3 fighters, and said that more would be waiting at the lair. Why they would wait at the lair instead of coming immediately is unclear…
– On the way, I dreamed of… that very lady whom I delivered the package to at the request of Lady Clarissa. It was just a dream, nothing special. But after the dream, one of my soldiers disappeared. And none of those who remained could clearly say where he went. He couldn't have escaped unnoticed; during the dream, at least 4 soldiers were “on duty” in the caves.
– Indeed, the promised soldiers were waiting at the lair. There were 4 of them, then another 2 arrived. The soldiers are really good. But… they didn’t listen to me at all. In fact, I’m not sure they even listened to each other… As if they obeyed some kind of “call” from somewhere unknown. And after the battle, those who survived disappeared in an unknown direction.
– One of them shouted before dying…. – Aristarch strained his memory – “Syryn, I failed you…”
– Who is this “Syryn”? Is this name familiar to you, teacher?
Ничто не возникает из ничего и ничто не пропадает бесследно.
Если где-то чего-то убудет, то в другом месте добавится.
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