Chapter 101: Complications
"I didn’t expect the elves to look exactly like they do in stories." Calen admitted.
"Neither did I." Sylara nodded. "They suddenly disappeared near the end of the age of wonders, so I never had a chance to meet one."
"So no one really knows what happened to them?"
"My master certainly didn’t know - or at least she didn’t share it with me."
If a literal Goddess didn’t know then Calen doubted anyone else did - still, it was strange that a significant portion of the population seemingly disappeared overnight and no one had any clue what happened to them.
"When will he wake up?"
"Difficult to say, but I’d wager he’ll be in a coma for at least a month, maybe two."
"That long? The animals took only a day or two."
"Different circumstances, with the cows it was akin to removing a particularly nasty parasite - here the Blight was present for so long that it developed a strange symbiosis with the body."
"What will you do with him then? I don’t think keeping him here is a good idea."
"Well, now that the Blight is gone we can move him to the fortress - he will be still locked up though, just in a much nicer room." She said. "I’ll take care of that later, for now wake up your friends and go get some sleep yourself - we’ll discuss your next steps in a few hours."
He wasn’t going to argue, the purification was quite draining, and it took much longer than he expected - he really needed a nap.