The Eldritch Underneath : The Splintered Five Saga (Outworlder's Blood Book 2) by WillPowah

Author:WillPowah [WillPowah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shadow Alley Press
Published: 2023-10-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

“Are you alright?” Murunel asked in a worried voice. Kay had basically sprinted out of the area of the standing stones, and he’d run for the rest of the day until he’d been forced to rest by the setting sun. Even after sleeping through the night, he was quiet, tense, and moving quickly.

“Have you ever just known something?” he asked as he jogged across the open plateau. “Call it an instinct or a sudden burst of knowledge or whatever.”

“Yes.”

Kay nodded decisively. “Whoever or whatever it was that fought those constructs, they’re bad news. The bits of blood in the area had this terrible feeling to it. And they’re basically behind everyone. I want to get back quickly and warn them.”

“That’s fine, but you need to slow down,” Murunel ordered him.

“What?”

“You’re going to wear yourself out at the pace you’re setting. If you run into something that wants to fight, you’re going to be tired and not fight as well. I can list more reasons, but you’re not going as fast now, so I think I don’t have to.”

Kay grimaced as he stopped to breathe for a moment. “You’re right. I really don’t like it, though.”

“Don’t worry so much.” She patted the glass of the ball like it was his shoulder. “Eleniah should be able to hold off an enemy long enough for a retreat at the least.”

“What if it’s something that can take her, though?”

“It isn’t,” she replied instantly. “You can tell from that fight scene we found.”

“How do you know?” Kay stretched his legs and started walking again. “We didn’t see any bodies to tell what was bleeding; there were just those broken constructs.”

“Exactly. Or no, not exactly, but yeah, that’s what tells us that they really aren’t that strong.”

He glanced down at her. “Okay, educate me.”

“You saw the amount of blood on the ground. It was a lot. Either something really big bled a lot, or lots of smaller somethings died in there.”

Kay slowly nodded. “And there’s no way something big enough to survive bleeding that much would fit in that room.”

“Right. I think that whatever we have inside the plateau, it’s a lot of smaller, weaker enemies. Because those weren’t strong constructs, and they killed a whole lot of enemies. More than half the floor was covered in blood.”

“Why do you say the constructs weren’t strong?”

“The materials they were made out of were pretty standard stuff. It looked like regular steel and some easier-to-find gemstones for most of it. That means they aren’t that strong because constructs’ power comes mostly from what they’re made of. Even if you have a really high-tier person making the construct, the materials will still limit the power that can be put into them.”

“Alright.” He sighed in relief a little. “That’s reassuring. How do you know so much about constructs, though?”

Murunel blew out a poof of smoke and rolled her eyes. “‘So much’? That was bare-bones stuff. One of my favorite ancestors had a tier-six golem-making Class. I can go on

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