Exalted: An Isekai Harem Fantasy Adventure (Corrupted Gods Book 1) by Isaac Keyes

Author:Isaac Keyes [Keyes, Isaac]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-09-11T16:00:00+00:00

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I wandered around, skirting the puddles and sometimes piles of black goo that dotted much of the place. It was very reminiscent of the Deep magic, and I wondered if that’s actually what it was.

The place was cavernous, and I almost immediately got myself lost. The hallways looked so much alike, and I made a few random turns without thinking about it, and I found myself without any direction or concept of where I had been. With nothing else to do, I just kept going, trying my best to stay somewhat straight, although the curving halls made that impossible.

After some time, once I’d stumbled into so many rooms I couldn’t even guess the purpose of, lights began to illuminate the floor under my feet. At first I thought it was random, but it was clear that I was being led somewhere. By something.

I went where the lights told me to go. What the hell else was I going to do?

Eventually, after another elevator ride, I ended up in another surgical suite, much bigger than the first one where I’d gotten my new eyes. I saw, with immense relief, that Xera was sitting on a table, awake, being seen to by three manikins under the watchful non-eyes of the red cloaked one. What was more, the corruption had fled from her arms. Her fingers were still the black they had always been, but nothing more than that.

“Xera!”

She looked over at me and smiled, but her eyes spoke of a bone-deep tiredness.

“Are you okay?”

She nodded. “I think so. My arms still kinda hurt, but as you can see, the Deep magic is gone.”

“Thank goodness. I was so scared.”

Her eyes twinkled and her smile widened. “Were you? For me?”

“Of course!” I said, the color rising in my face. “I’m…I’m glad you’re alright.”

Before we could get any more awkward, the red-draped manikin turned towards me in a very human way. It didn’t say anything, but it gestured towards the door.

Xera and I shared a look before I said to the thing, “You…want me to follow you?”

It nodded.

“Xera’s going to be okay, right?”

It nodded again.

I went over and took Xera’s hand in mine. “I’ll be back, soon.”

She squeezed mine and said, “Go. I’ll be fine.”

“Okay, lead on,” I said to the manikin.

We went out into the curving halls and walked side by side. The lights on the floor were still showing me which way to go, although that seemed a little redundant now. Still, I didn’t complain. “You can understand me, then, right?”

Red nodded.

“I guess I’m limited to yes or no questions at this point. So, did you call me here? Send out the…thing that brought me to Oolis?”

Red held out its hand and gave me the so-so gesture.

“Uh huh. Okay. It’s complicated, I’m guessing?”

Another nod.

Since this was getting me nowhere rather quickly, I just asked, “So are you going to be able to speak at some point?”

One more nod.

“Great! Let’s…just wait until that happens.”

We ended up in the main chamber where I’d first seen the weird illusionary head that had more or less given me the quest to get the primal core.

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