Evin stood inside a tal cage with his family and watched it slowly go down into the underground. At first, he only saw the dirt surrounding the elevator, but soon, the underground city under Khuutam city revealed itself in all its blinding splendor. The City of Nevernight.
Sorbothium ores filled with Lumiaris's energy were shining from all around Evin, forcing him to cover his eyes. They were lodged into the earthen ceiling above, so of them natural, so of them artificial. They were the undying source of light that gave the city its na.
Evin felt it weird that the ores which were endlessly mined from Khuutam city above were scattered so abundantly in the underground city, but Sorn explained that the miners could only dig down to a certain point. Any more than that, they risked being executed.
Khuutam city's nickna was the Prison of the Eight-limbed Godling. First hearing the na, many assu that it's a place that has a Godling sealed in it, but the na was much more literal in its aning.
The city was a prison, yes. But not for containing Lord Kena, the Forr Aspect of Earth. It was a prison that contained the various criminal mages of the North, and Lora Kena was the supervisor of that.
Evin didn't know why the forr Aspect decided to build his own city below a prison containing the most dangerous n and won in the entire North, but that was none of his business.
The light from the Sorbothium subsided and Evin could see the city looming below. Most of the buildings were bigger than what Evin was used to seeing, so of them even twice as tall as Lora's. There were also an awful lot of them built in the walls, the only way to get inside the being the handrails lodged into the walls of the city.
The reason for these oddities were walking around the streets below. Tall humanoids with four extra arms filled the city, all wearing a mask and covering their bodies completely. The Cobfolk.
Beneath the mask, Evin would see vaguely human faces with large jaws and eight pearl-like eyes… but due to the Cobfolk being a vassal race to the Ivari, they were forced to cover their heads for looking too monstrous. The rule persisted even in their own city.
But that didn't an they lived a bad life.
From a glance, Evin could tell the underground city was much hospitable than the hell above ground which was Khuutam City. The civil architecture of the city was well-planned, the streets were cleaner and the people livelier. It felt like heaven compared to the rot, filth, despair and death filling the city above.
It truly was eye-opening, seeing mages living like that.
The elevator stopped and Evin's family walked off it with their 'offerings'.
"Welco to the City of Nevernight," the Cobfolk accompanying them, Sorn, said in a husky, drawn-out voice. "Lord Kena awaits you in his manor."
The Cobfolk's mask was simple. It had a white base and only had eight dark-purple beads arranged symtrically. There was no mouth, no ear, no nose.
Under Parslo's guidance, Evin sent a letter to the forr Aspect before leaving, describing so of the devices he'd gotten from the Otherworlders. They were going to visit the city regardless, but it wasn't good to co unannounced. On their way, they t Sorn, who explained he was to act as their protector and guide.
Evin's family walked through the city streets, hearing about the local historical buildings and monunts from the guide. Evin was not very interested in these bygone stories but he made himself look interested in fear of offending the forr Aspect's servant. Thankfully, the tour did not last long.
Lord Kena's house was a rather modest three-story building located in the outskirts of the city. The materials and style of the building was exactly the sa as all the other buildings. The only difference was that it seed sowhat taller than the other buildings. Also, there were no other houses built over it on the walls.
'I guess it's a bit awkward to build your house over a demigod.'
"Co on in," Sorn said, leading the group to a guest room inside the house. "I'm sorry to hurry you, but master Evin and Mister Redheart, please follow . The others can wait here. Help yourselves to anything you wish."
Lora and Theor were left behind, looking confused and tired. Lora was holding Sasha's sleeping form in her hands, bags under her eyes and new wrinkles on her face. No doubt a product of her non-stop flying through the air for the past two days. Theor also looked similar, but at least the tiredness was concealing his fear.
They did not look like people who just ended up inside the house of a demigod.
'Perhaps to them, every mage seems like a demigod…'
Endra replied.
Lord Kena was familiar with the organization that Evin was fighting against. How? Perhaps he was a part of them
Endra replied.
Endra sounded calm despite the situation. He was much more panicked when they were fighting against the three otherworlders. The two situations were completely different in scale, but sohow, Endra was calr in the more dangerous scenario. Seed like it was the right thing to do though, as Kena was not at all paying attention to Evin, instead trying out the devices one by one.
Kena then tried out the cloaking device. He gave up on using the flask's contents on the jetpack and the gun, calling them works of engineering.
"Hmm," he murmured after finishing. "You've done well. Bringing this to ."
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