Chapter 133
This cathedral must have been glorious back in its prime. Even the ruins still have an aura of splendor.
No monsters have entered the ruins proper, so we decide to look around before hunting. The sun is just coming up, so I’m not sure if we’ve only been here a night or a full day on top of that. Possibly two, keeping track of time underground without the cycled lights of the base gardens is not my strong point.
A few of the enchantments are still salvageable, so Karl amuses himself by repairing them, joking that if he can find enough he can rebuild his own cathedral. But by the concentration it takes, I think it’s mostly an exercise in spell crafting and energy control on his part.
There are a few relics left in the ruins, which I carefully store away for later examination. Did the battle end in mutual annihilation, or was there some other reason that this area was never looted after the battle?
They’re relics of the Dragon Gods though, surely it can’t hurt if I relocate them to somewhere with more worshipers? Yeah, certainly can’t hurt.
Karl has a small barracks, two booths that look like confessionals and a wood shed repaired before lunch. The shed is even creating split lumber, two pieces in the last hour. I duck inside and find the barracks is a bare shell, nothing but a rough stone floor inside.
"It’s all enchanted individually, likely to make spell maintenance and room modification easier" Karl says from behind me. "Come on, I’ve got the good meal packs ready. Spicy breakfast burrito special."
Of course it’s breakfast. But since we didn’t eat before coming up here, I suppose it really is breakfast time. We’re through three breakfast containers each before we’re done, the hunger of a day spent distracted, plus an extended advancement finally making itself known once we started eating.
I dig out the handful of small artifacts I found. All have damaged spells Karl notes, not unexpected given the situation, but all were defensive trinkets. One still has a long, black pearl beaded necklace attached, or is that a belt? It’s quite long for a necklace. So I think many of these were worn regularly.