BS7 - Chapter 5: Fhesiah and Nessa - Cleanup and Celebration
They spent some time freeing the captives and hunting down cultists, and they got to test Sati and Ruby’s capability in finding them. They managed to clear out all of the cultists from the building, calling in the ship worth of reinforcements. There were numerous other cultists within the dungeons, as well as the upper levels.
On Jake’s side, Jake, Avalara’s Battle Avatar, and Ophelia took down their altar to Balor with no difficulties. His Scorching Ray, combined with Avalara’s usage of her flames of conflict and Ophelia’s powerful righteous vajrafire flames, cut through the malevolence with ease. All had the powers of purification, and the cultists were no match for Jake’s summoned monster and beastkin army.
Tanda’s was easy for a different reason, as she had the most numbers with her. With the Radiant Sun Sect and Blizzardblade Clan, and a handful of strong Celestial Nekomatas, they took out the altar and the many cultists.
After wrapping up their tasks, Fhesiah’s party got back on the ship. They had many former captives in tow that would require healing and relocation, and even removal of some of their corruption. Many of their homes were destroyed as if the sect wanted to wipe them off the map, so others wouldn’t realize they were gone with enough time passed.
Jake could just call Fhesiah at any moment now, but she wanted to have at least one more chat with the shy snake girl.
Fhesiah smiled at Nessa as they once again stood on the deck. “So, it looks like Jake and Tanda’s parties were victorious. Party at your place?”
Nessa hesitated. “Um, don’t you guys have somewhere else you need to be? We do appreciate your assistance, but thanks to your success with extracting details from the cultists, I do think you’ve helped more than enough. We do need to continue with recruitment for a time and campaigning for Initiation, but… I wouldn’t feel bad if you headed home now. You did offer me Sati and Ruby here, after all.”
Fhesiah smirked. It seemed this Nordic warrior was shy, much like a certain other one was when she met her. “Say? Was your Divine Trait why you didn’t want to pair yourself up with any of us, especially Jake?”
Nessa froze. It seemed like she wanted to deny it, but couldn’t, for some reason–Fhesiah had noticed a similar reaction before. “Why…do you say that?”