Chapter 165: Ambush
In the end, three more months passed in relative quiet.
Naturally, Percy hadn’t stopped sending out clones in that time, hoping one of them would stumble upon something interesting. Sadly, that hadn’t happened. He hadn’t bothered to return to the Vault either, as none of his recent hosts seemed suited for the combat challenges. Of course, he could have tried learning some more runes – he definitely had enough credits. That said, he didn’t have time to practice them, busy as he was.
Things on Remior hadn’t changed much either. Everyone had continued working on their projects, Percy and Nesha both making great strides with their new spells. Percy’s Self-bestowal had improved noticeably by now, though his Status had yet to acknowledge that.
As for Micky, he had continued his relentless hunt for Yellow beasts, eating their cores before delivering their bodies to Percy, dumping them in the preservation runes. By now, they’d wasted dozens upon dozens of souls, fighting to maintain their stash. In fact, Percy was afraid they were close to driving the Yellow beasts to extinction. At least, Micky no longer managed to find one every day.
Watching the souls crumble, Percy was beginning to reconsider his plan. They’d have to go through with the experiment in the next couple of weeks, regardless of whether an enemy arrived in that time. Delaying any longer would hurt more than it helped.
Luckily for him, the noble finally reached Bogside town just days later.
“What do you think?” Nesha bit her lip.
Percy could tell she was nervous, and he didn’t blame her for it either. Talking and planning about ambushing a Green and actually going through with it were two entirely different things.
The two observed the man from a distance. He was standing just outside the tavern, chatting with Fegan – presumably discussing the bog’s situation with the old man. He wore the same standard attire as all the other nobles of House Tantalus, his elegant silken robes adorned with his family’s insignia – a man’s face sporting a set of strangely elongated canines. Though his was green.