I look around the area. I just defeated a Lich. He is not dead completely. These undead can only be completely defeated by holy magic (which I don’t use) or by destroying the object that is working as a Vessel for their soul.
And for what he said, I am sure he is too far away for to even attempt to get close.
"Now, back to our mission." I say to Karina.
"Take your stuff." She returns the items she did not use to .
"You helped a lot in the last battle." I smile at her.
"Haha... of course, I am incredible, after all!" She has her hand on her chest, smiling and with eyes closed while gloating.
"Now, help find the old man. You should have seen his soul."
"Oh! Yes! I can guide you!"
Good thing she now knows what the soul of the old man looks like. No more visual searching.
"Great. Now, seek, Karina!"
"Yes!" She smiles and advances, then stops.
Proceeds to throw a rock at my face.
Ouch!
"I am not a dog!" She pouts.
"Agh! Is it that hard to take a joke?!"
She sticks her tongue towards and we return to our search.
But she guides directly to him this ti, and the old man, who appeared to save the woman, is hiding.
We reach a part of a park with a public bathroom. Beside the building there are several plants, like trees, flowers and bushes, doing their part as decoration.
He is behind a bush, which has a wall on the other side. Karina points at it. I cannot see him.
"He is behind it, hiding."
Huh... why is he trying to stay under cover?
When I inspect the bush, I find a small entrance between the branches that is hidden by the leaves. It is hard to spot unless you look directly.
I push through, and I find sothing I did not expect. A small tent is in there, hidden between the bush and the wall of the bathrooms.
It is made from random pieces of fabric, stitched haphazardly, with an assortnt of random stuff thrown in the middle. There is a... distinctive sll in the area that I am not sure if it cos from the small camp or the bathroom.
"H-hello?" I call, seeing if he cos out.
There is silence for a mont, but then movent cos from the tent.
And there he appears, the sa man, fitting the description.
"What do you want?" He asks, heavy voice, but raspy.
I can tell he doesn’t want here.
"Are you Ash, by any chance?"
He only stares, looking up and down while I crouch out of the bushes and into his small camp.
"I am here because of the chickens found with your na." I say.
"Bunch of bullcrap." He scoffs. "You seed brighter, but if you believe shit like that then you are another idiot."
Nice to et you too.
"I don’t want to bother you, but it seems the threat is real. The lich was in here for you."
"Simple coincidence. It only ans I have to change cities now or it will kill more innocent people to get to ."
"And why is it chasing you?"
He stares at with his only eye. Squinting it, I can tell he doesn’t trust . He scoffs, and then returns to his tent.
"Don’t get into other people’s business without a good reason."
"All I want is to figure out what are those chicken thrown around the city and why are people dying after they appear."
"Have you probably considered it is the other way around?" He speaks from inside his tent.
"What?"
"The person doing those rituals is an idiot with no idea how they work. Did you consider that?"
I did not consider that. I don’t know if either Lisa or the Father did.
"Hmmm... how can we verify it?" Karina asks.
"Yet the lich was here to kill you."
"And I am alive." He answers. "Either the ritual doesn’t work, or you are that powerful. Believe what you want."
That felt insulting.
But he is right. The ritual did not work and I doubt it is that I am a miracle type of person that can defeat rituals if I just intervene.
Sothing else must be at play.
"But there are other dead people and the Mayor is on that list."
"You grabbed interest when he was on the list, right?"
"No, I did when a teacher’s na appeared last night."
There is another pause.
I can only hear the sound of the trees. The park was evacuated.
"Which teacher?" His voice changed in tone.
"Leiva."
I hear him growl.
Seems I touched a nice point to get him on my side.
Maybe he knows about the teacher. I threw it in an attempt to show him that I was intending to talk with him as he was answering, but it seems I struck gold there.
He appears again.
"For your own good, don’t be lying to . Are you telling the truth?"
"What is your connection to the teacher and the Mayor?"
"Don’t play smart and answer, did you find her na?"
Yes, I found sothing. I can progress.
"I am not lying. Her na was with three other people on a bag I found last night. I was going to speak with her after eting with you."
He sighs and stands up.
"Okay, we are going to visit Leiva, but you won’t get to ask any question."
"Hey, I still want to know your connection."
"I said no questions." He passes by . "For , you are nothing else than a simple adventurer that is on it for the money."
Yet you are so worried about this teacher that you will trust enough to carry along.
Good, anyway. I am already curious to know who this old man is. He knows how to fight and defend himself. He delivered a strong punch against that wolf and is hunted by a lich.
Even when it is a Lower Lich, it is not like that is sothing to scoff at.
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