Chapter 26 - 25: The Slave Market
Kael dragged himself back to the inn like a man who’d just finished running a marathon... with a sack of bricks on his back.
He didn’t bother talking to anyone—just nodded to the innkeeper and climbed the stairs like a zombie. The moment his room door closed, he flopped onto the bed without even taking off his boots.
When he woke up, it was already evening. His stomach growled like an angry dog. He trudged downstairs, scarfed down a hot meal—something vaguely meaty with too much salt—and trudged right back up to his room again.
Then it was time for the real reason he’d dragged himself back to Earth.
With a small breath, he opened the portal. The familiar ripple of energy shimmered in the air, and the Dimensional Door appeared.
Kael stepped through, arriving back in his grandfather’s dusty basement.
He had a special purpose for coming here. He had recently found a diary where his grandfather gave information about all the items that were here.
Since there was not enough light, he turned on his flashlight and started searching everywhere inside.
It took him a while—but finally, tucked inside a small glass display case, he found it.
"Aha... jackpot."
Inside was a ring made of faintly glowing blue metal. Cold to the touch, but not in a bad way. It shimmered just slightly under the flashlight beam.