Chapter 70: Shadow Fen Marshes 2
He paused with his hands at a still and for a moment, his gaze grew distant. Kelvin recognized that look, Darius was remembering something, a shadow from his past.
"Have you ever wonder what will happen if we mess this up?" Darius asked quietly, his voice stripped of its usual bluster.
Kelvin hesitated, then nodded. "All the time. But we won’t and not in this one that we are together." Darius exhaled sharply, a ghost of a smile returned to his face as he said. "Yeah. Together."
The beasts mirrored their tamers’ tension. Xerion paced near Kelvin and his flames flared brighter with every step, his golden eyes were darted to his tamer as if he was seeking reassurance.
Salaris flickered in and out of shadow with her feathers ruffled, while Rhoam’s low growls vibrated through the floor and his iron paws left faint scratches on the stone.
Lyra returned, breathless with a leather-bound tome. "Elara says the cores are real and they are crystals that are embedded in the strongest zombies.
Shatter them, and the magic unravels. But they are guarded, and the backlash could be... messy." Her eyes gleamed with a mix of excitement and dread.
"Then we hit hard and fast," Kelvin said, with his voice firm with resolve. "Get in, take out the cores and get out."
Their planning was interrupted by the creak of the door. Master Veyne entered with a rune-covered device in his hands, its surface pulsed with his soft blue light.