5-29. Complications
Elijah looked at the silver box hovering over the remains of the egg and asked, “Who wants to do the honors?”
Dat glanced at Sadie. So did Kurik. It made sense, given that she was the one who’d hold onto the reward, at least until they could have it identified. Hopefully, Atticus could take care of that. Either way, Elijah gave the armored woman a nod before saying, “Go ahead.”
Sadie squared her shoulders, then approached the box. Or chest, really. In the old version of Earth, it would’ve been considered an artistic masterpiece. The design was simple enough, with only a little decorative trim on the lid, but it was large enough that the sheer amount of silver used in the chest’s construction would have been quite valuable.
She reached out, her fingers briefly brushing against the surface, and where they touched, a trail of blue light followed. It was teeming with dense ethera, a fact that set it apart from the reward boxes Elijah had gotten in various towers. Sadie unhooked the delicate latch before pushing the lid open, laying bare the contents with a flash of blue light.
It was a white pill, albeit a large one that looked like it was streaked through with blue lightning. When Sadie touched it, Elijah received a notification:
| Congratulations for conquering the Challenge of the Singing Cliffs. Progress: 1/9 Reward: Seed of the Whistling Wind
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