Chapter 197: B2: C97: Grimrock Wave
“What is stopping Shadowfell or Ariana from doing whatever they like in our old world or in other worlds like ours?” Hannah asked after Zarian finished explaining what led to the assassination job for Luciana and how she wouldn’t explain herself much past promising to deliver messages.
Hannah’s reaction was both surprising and unsurprising as she continued her rant. “Ariana has affected Zarian for years while he was in our old world. Shadowfell has shown how she could grab a brand named coffee. Now she can even deliver messages to our families. I don’t really need a favor like that, but I would like to know what rules they are playing by. Perhaps through that we can find windows of opportunity to return home and settle any lingering affairs.”
The whole party slowed down, Loner rattling and Slip clomping to a stop.
There were a few castle chambers and dilapidated walls between them and where the actual Castle Grimrock stood at the center of the mountain range.
The calamitous storm howled and raged outside, its hurricane winds and stone-cracking hail pounding down hard. Through all that noise, Zarian heard quaking thumps of immense magic.
He could feel the power of good and divinity despite the walls in the way and some measure of distance. But he could also hear the haunted cries of nightmarish creatures set loose to ravage those who had the misfortune of facing them.
“I’m sorry,” Bianca said, barely audible over the fighting, screaming, and stormy weather. Thankfully, the spider network ensured all of their words would come out crystal clear when talking with each other. “This assassination is selfish. What I’m doing really is for my familia. But it’s a little easier to do against someone who wants to seal away Zarian and attack our village.”
“We can go over this later,” Naomi said. “No matter what, we still have a job to do before we get to Foodie, and we are going to see that through for you, Bianca.”
“You don’t have to, but I appreciate it,” Bianca said.