Monarch II: Forgotten Sanctum: A Progression Fantasy Epic (RE: Monarch Book 2) by J. McCoy

Author:J. McCoy [McCoy, J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2022-08-01T16:00:00+00:00

26

SANCTUM XXVI

The number of questions I had left for Morthus bordered on the hundreds. But I was tired of leaving blood in my wake. The longer I stayed, the bigger risk I ran of repeating prior events. The cowled magician was out there, searching. He’d likely been spying on us for quite some time. Possibly seen the direction we’d gone.

With enough information, whatever magic and wards protected the tower didn’t matter. He would find us and reenact the events that had led to Saladius’s demise. I didn’t share Veldani’s confidence that the masters of the tower would be able to repel him. He wasn’t the sort of enemy who struck head-on. The cowled mage would find a way to bring everything down regardless of their best efforts. At best, they would manage to fend him off, but even then, I had no doubt he would attempt to cripple the infrastructure, crippling Veldani’s ability to tend to them, and stealing away what little time the waylaid masters had left.

So, at dawn, the fog of the Sanctum still rolling and heavy, I placed the two massive bags down containing the fruits of the last two nights’ labor down on the dew-laden moss and summoned Vogrin.

He emerged from the ground slowly, one arm at a time, then raised himself to his full height and faced me. His bone-white face was leering, and I could almost feel the irritation radiating off him.

“Anything else for me other than acting as your pack mule?” The irritation in his nasal cadence was clear.

I raised an eyebrow, surprised. “This is something only you can do. And I’ll need you to be creative, make sure everything is mapped out.”

“Fine.” He snapped his fingers. Two of the bone-and-muscle constructs appeared at his side.

“I’m getting the sense that you’re upset with me,” I said. At this point, he could get in line. But I had no idea why.

“Magicians are a secretive lot by nature.” Vogrin watched as the constructs lifted the bags. They were strong but small, and obstinately struggled with the bags in a manner reminiscent of ants. “But I am curious what was so important that warranted the censure of so many conversations. The last few days have been like reading books with ruined pages.”

Ah. That explained it. It made sense. The demons were not beyond the curse, so every conversation I had on the topic with Maya and Morthus would have triggered a wipe. And Vogrin was something of an expert that had been around for a long time. If Maya was capable of sensing something was wrong back in Kholis, it only made sense that Vogrin would catch on after being repeatedly exposed to it.

“It wasn’t intentional.” I shrugged.

“But you won’t tell me what the conversations pertained to.”

For a moment, I considered lying. But again, Vogrin would likely see through that. “No.”

The demon reached out to grab a distracted construct by the collar before it could wander off, yanking it back by the collar. “I only hope you’re not looking for a way to subvert your contract.

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