Chapter 328: Show No Mercy
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The runebound councils stepped into the Queen’s fortress, a place they had traversed so many times, but upon entering, they noticed the conspicuous arrangements of the fortress.
The blood moon was drawing closer with each passing day, and they were here to finally receive more of the potion Queen Carmela had promised to share with them– the type that was capable of granting immortality with potential abilities. It was a secret experiment she had conversed with them about, and they were eager to hear the news of her success.
"Shouldn’t this feel wrong?" Whispered one of the runebound council to his neighbor, "we hardly know of the potions main ingredient, including where she gets the source. You don’t expect me to drink what I have not seen her prepare with my own two eyes... Do you? If she wanted to make potions why is she Queen then? She should have taken the role of an Enchanter."
He carefully expressed his discomfort, adjusting the disturbing lapel of his black fur coat.
"The walls have ears too in case you’ve forgotten, so you might have to tone down the volume of your voice, and also, don’t drag me into it." Responded his female companion who haughtily moved ahead.
However, an unsettling chill hung in the air as they advanced forward, and the familiar halls seemed cloaked in a strange darkness that defied their magical knowledge. Sconces flickered, casting an ominous glow upon the dim-lit hallway.
The atmosphere, once charged with a sense of familiarity, now resonated with a disturbing aura, befitting for a fortress ruled by a dark force.
"Are we perhaps in the wrong fortress? If my memories aren’t deceiving me, this path should lead to the council chamber." One of them pointed at the unfamiliar narrowed path, but they didn’t have a semblance to the ones he vividly recalled.