Chapter: 421
“Sure.” she nodded, eating some more.
“Well, there’s this monster up there with a single offspring – all you have to do is kill the smaller one and the large one will die. They’re soul-linked or something so it’s really easy” he shrugged.
“Oh… thanks” she smiled, “did you have to fight any of the giant statues by any chance?”
“The six guards at the entrance? Yeah? Of course?”
“No, I mean the giant statues” she pointed upwards “the ones taller than trees.”
He raised a brow, confused.
“Oh, you mean the statue-statues…? They are actually just statues.” he chuckled, “Just statues, they’re not gonna do anything.”
Anya pursed her lips in thought, “Ok, I see. So you can’t get through the door in the passage and the giant statues don’t move…?”
“Uh, yeah.” he seemed to go deeper into thought as he stared at his food for a moment.
Anya smiled and got up after it seemed like he was thinking about it too much. She didn’t want him getting suspicious or anything.
“Thanks for the tips. Kill the small one right?” she smiled.
“Hm? Oh. Yeah, the small one. You’re welcome.” he went back to eating his dinner.
Anya promptly took her plate to the dish area and went upstairs to her room.
“So… somehow we got into that room because of Jay and his skeletons. The door must not let humans enter… or at least the living?”
She sighed, “Even the dungeons treat him differently it seems…” she shook her head.
Anya was beyond disbelief at this point – when it came to Jay, it would be unusual if something weird didn’t happen. All she could think was ‘of course’ and accept whatever happened next.
“I’ll have to find him tomorrow, nice and early” she nodded as she closed the door to her room before getting ready for bed.
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~Somewhere south of Losla, deep in the forest~
Lara and Lannister had made a small camp in between some large boulders hidden away in the forest; as enemies of the mage hunters they had to be extra careful, and since they arrived here they had been scouting and analysing Losla.
“Nothing out of the ordinary…” Lara reported after getting back from a night-time patrol, “there seems to be more guard patrols near the south side, but other than that – nothing.” she shrugged.
“Good. We’ll contact Sullivan tomorrow and hopefully meet the new recruits.” Lannister said, stoking the small camp fire once more.
They had made their camp in the midst a small rocky outcrop, hidden deep within the forest. They were far from the patrol range of the Losla guards – even hunters wouldn’t come this far south. They were completely safe – perhaps even too safe.
Of course, they had to be this safe – getting caught by the mage hunters wouldn’t mean death, it would mean an endless torture using vile magics to extract every piece of information from their minds.
Lannister expected Lara to sit down by the fire, but she began to leave the campsite again.