Chapter 13: Student Follow-up
The next day started with a messenger from Myrla delivering a few new maps before dawn. Some showed new collection points for slaves who needed their mental magic removed. Others showed a few scattered golem sightings, and the last few showed the locations of fortified mansions that needed to be cracked open.
There were a few other notes requesting other kinds of help from various members of the Heirs. Several of the elites and fighters had been wounded beyond basic healing magics, and they wanted Khachi’s help restoring the wounded to fighting shape. Myrla had also penned a request to Stella that she help them figure out how to control the outer defenses of Giantsrest.
The mage frowned down at the note, furrowing her brow before looking up at Nathan. “This isn’t my strength. It’s yours.”
Nathan took a moment to answer because he was busy making his way through a stack of pancakes flavored with condensed fruit juice. “They’re asking me for a lot already, so I bet they just didn’t want to put more on my plate. Besides, you can ask for some treasures in return. I bet they’d give up some prismatic diamond from some archmages' stash if you asked nicely.”
Stella’s eyes lit up, and she glanced down at the note.
Sarah snorted. “What a phrase. Here’s some more for your plate.” She tossed a few sausages from her plate onto his before standing up and joining Khachi in the kitchen to clean up.
Nathan shrugged and grabbed the sausages. “Besides, they want to know how to manipulate the towers with magic, not antimagic. But tell me when and where you’re going to take it on, and I’ll show up to help out.”
“Let’s just do it before we take out the…” Stella frowned at one of the maps spread across the table. “The Nhir estate? It’s close to the walls. We’re planning to do that one around midday?”
“Yup.” Nathan replied. “Everything is probably waiting on me regardless. But we’ll do everything we can for a few days, then head south.”