Chapter 1097: Even The Gargoyles
While Wendy and Hugo made their rounds, Raj ran to the Darklight Host villa to meet with Karl.
Dana greeted him at the door, and silently pointed at the stairs to the basement when she saw the excited look on the Guild Master’s face. Raj sprinted down the stairs, then found himself blocked by a large set of wings as the Gargoyles blocked his entrance to the garden.
"I promise, I’m just here to meet with Karl. He has armour for me." He informed the puffed up little Gryphon.
It lowered its wings, but didn’t let him enter until Dana came down the stairs behind him and stroked the creature’s feathered head.
"He’s just excited about new toys, he’s not trying to rush past you. Good job guarding the garden." Dana whispered, while the Gargoyle purred.
Even the Gargoyles here were a bit strange, Raj thought.
Normally, Gargoyles weren’t active all the time, only when a condition of the spell was breached, and they needed to defend their assigned property. But these ones were certainly active, and he was reasonably sure that a pair of them had been playing chess in the garden before he came in.
The board was still set up.
Dana led Raj to the exit of the maze, then turned away when he walked through. The Gargoyle in Lotus’ bedroom had informed the Cleric that there were more people coming, but Lotus didn’t want to come down and deal with them in person.