Chapter 269
After a bit of prodding, Three Seventeen gives up the location of the portal they came through. That’s all I needed to know, so she is left to her mate, and the few pack warriors Alpha Conway sends to guard her. She might be part of the pack by default now, but she’s still a brainwashed Cultist who came here to attack their guests.
I’m going to head over to the portal alone, after informing Karl and Elder Song of the location, but Elder Song and Lelou both insist they’re coming with me. Lelou is a bit concerned for my safety, and Elder Song says he has never seen the nuke spell in action and doesn’t intend to miss it this time. I’m not as talented with it as Karl is, being a physical cultivator and not a proper mage, but I’m am capable of using it, and the Librarian is hoping that seeing it in person will be enough to inspire him, as he’s currently stuck in his cultivation.
We are all strong enough we could simply collapse the portal, it’s not particularly hard once you know the trick. Even Lala can do it now that she’s able to manipulate external energy well enough.
But we have warned the Cultists repeatedly that it’s a bad idea to attack us, and stupidity should be painful.
Elder Song uses a travel spell learned from the Divine Transfer and appears next to us in an instant, taking in the destruction and renovation of the pack compound with great interest.
"Interesting use of both technology and magic to create a liveable and functional space. I sense very few surviving technological devices, but all the essential functions have been replicated anyhow." He says, getting distracted and walking towards the new buildings.
"Alpha Conway, that is Elder Song, The Librarian that the young lady was speaking of. Don’t worry about him, he’s always like that around new things, he cultivates Knowledge as part of his technique. But on the topic of the Divine Transfer, would you please have her mate give that girl a new name to replace whatever identity number she’s currently using as a name?"
The Alpha’s eyes glaze over a second as he talks to his pack through the mind link, then he nods. "Good idea, all set. They’ll pick a new name as part of her deprogramming. We’ve got a wolf who specializes in it, she used to work with child services, helping kids rescued from cults, gangs, and other bad situations."
"Song, I’m going to the portal now. Are you coming, or inspecting the buildings?" I call over to the old man who is now on the roof of the singles building, inspecting something that caught his attention.