Posts from Sylvester Archipelago Auto-translated

-And where can I find it? - asked Kaeldrin.

-Where can I find him? - asked Kael'drim.

- He's at the arena right now. Look for him there.

I am done

[Well, let's go to the arena and look for it...]

[Well, let's head to the arena then.]

Acteon and Kael'drim meet Lythiel at the exit of the arena. He was with Udyolina and Gudrin. As soon as the elf saw Acteon and Kael'drim, a greeting from the order echoed in their minds.
- Udyolina, Gudrin, go to the ship. I have some business to attend to.
The women headed to the Drunken Whale, and Lythiel approached the human and the elf and spoke.
- The Order, as usual, didn't bring you up to speed, did it?

-No, - replied Kaeldrin. -The only thing we were ordered to do was find you.

- You've done a great job with this task! Congratulations! Let's go have a drink at the Tekura Palace, and we can talk there.

-The Tekura Palace? Excellent name, - noted Kael'drim. [Tap-tap-tap.]

-The Palace of Tekura? Excellent name, - remarked Kaeldrim. [Tap-tap-tap.]

There, Acteon, Kaeldrim, and Lutiel were greeted by the owner of the establishment, the same one that Bruttius had spoken with earlier. He seated them at a table in the corner and brought them some good Madian wine. Amidst drunken shouts, curses, and laughter of the histeos, Lutiel told Acteon and Kaeldrim about an ancient Khalehid temple on an island southeast of the Sylvestrian archipelago, called the Heart of the God. This temple contains a large number of Izamara stones. Izamara stones are a source of an incredible amount of magical energy. He didn't explain why the order needed them when there was plenty of Izamara ore on the mainland. He only said that it was somehow related to the war on the western continent. And Acteon and Kaeldrim were not meant to know anything more.
- Any questions?

"The Stones of Izamar, so..." Kael'drim mused. "Under what pretext will we get on your ship? Should we introduce ourselves as mercenary adventurers or something along those lines?"

- Under the pretext that you are my old friends, - smiled Lutiel.

-Very well, - Kaeldrin nodded. - In that case, allow me to ask one last question. Are there no other members of the order on board the ship? Are all the others just mercenaries and sailors? Will they inadvertently hinder the completion of the mission?

-Very well, - Kaeldrim nodded. - In that case, allow me to ask one last question. Are there any other members of the order on board, or are they all just mercenaries and sailors? Will they inadvertently hinder the mission?

- There are three members of the order. The mercenaries are there to assist, and all the sailors are reliable and trustworthy people who follow all my orders. There will be no problems with them.

-Well, I don't have any more questions. Unless Acteon does.

Mercenaries are there to help.

- That's how it is, - Acteon replied briefly, assessing in his mind what his new companion and, obviously, higher-ranking member of the order had said. He wasn't in the habit of arguing with his superiors, as he believed there was no reason to do so, and he always unconditionally believed that the order's decisions were always well-reasoned, and their actions only led to good. And yet, something in the answer of the sly Heliotrope made the son of the White Serpent think and ask a question that was so unusual for him. - But could it be that these mercenaries are just extras in the grand adventure of Lutiel and his companions, and that their lives and actions play absolutely no role in what happens in this very adventure? They are just fellow travelers of Lutiel and his friends, and it only depends on them how they will die?... Oh, excuse me, I got carried away, I didn't mean to be rude. But I'm wrong, aren't I?