Evin breathed out a sigh of relief, hearing Lord Kena's friendly tone.
"Tell ," Lord Kena continued. "How did you co upon these three strange n?"
"They ca upon us when we were climbing the Cataract," Endra said. "They thought we had one of their cloaking devices."
"Did you?"
"We didn't. But we did possess it for a short while. Now, it should be in the hands of the kingdom."
Evin urged.
"Tell the whole story."
Endra kept silent, then glanced at the door behind him.
"Oh, you're worried about your family," Kena humd. "Do not worry. If they simply stay in this city, they'll be safe from any and all threats. Ah, if they don't wish to stay near Cobfolk, then you can send them to Koidot city. I can talk to Kal and have her arrange protection for your family."
"The Leader of the Paradra?" Ssatsko asked.
"Indeed," Lord Kena said. "She's sothing of a Junior of mine. Don't worry about the details. And don't worry about her strength. In fact, I'm sure she'll do a better job than ."
"O-of course I won't doubt you or her, Lord Kena."
"But, I have one condition," the Cobfolk said. "I need to talk to Evin there privately."
Evin gulped, wondering what there was to talk about.
'He said it so solemnly, he's definitely going to ask sothing from , right? But what would soone like this need from ? I'm a century behind him, aren't I?'
Evin thought about the matter and ca to one possible conclusion.
'Maybe he's going to have search for the otherworlders? He seems knowledgeable about them, but for one reason or another, he's letting them be… He said my family will be safe from the otherworlders if they simply stay in his city. That should an they're afraid of appearing near Kena. Perhaps it's the sa with this Leader of the Paradra.'
That made sense in Evin's head.
'Which is why, he needs soone to hunt them for him. I probably won't have to fight them, though. I'd just find them and then report to him, or sothing…'
"Oh, don't think of it too seriously," the forr Aspect added. "I'll just ask you so questions. You won't even have to answer them if you want to."
Evin cocked his head, confused.
"I probably won't mind so questions," Endra answered for him. "Maybe grandpa can go talk to mother and ask her where she would prefer to live in the anti."
"Are you sure?" Ssatsko asked.
"If sothing happens, I'll scream at the top of my lungs. Do make sure to co save then."
Ssatsko paused, looked away and fake coughed. "I'll go talk to Lora, then."
Evin watched his grandfather leave after bowing his head to Lora Kena, his pride most likely damaged.
Lord Kena then put one of his hands on Evin's shoulder. "Hmmm… Follow ."
The forr Aspect left the desk and entered a different room, quite a large one at a glance. Compared to the previous one, which was as orderly as a room could be; this one was perhaps, as ssy as a room could be. Books littered all over the floor, plates with leftover food, at least ten different cups, clothes of various shapes. The only thing devoid of objects was a chair the forr Aspect presumably sat on.
But what was most prevalent in the room was artifacts and magical devices of all sorts. So of them seed harmless, while others felt like they were about to explode with mana.
"Sorry for the ss," Kena said casually and moved through the piles and piles of things, picking so of them up with his spare hands, sotis moving them with tendrils of thick Tenarak energy.
However, mana wasn't the only thing present in the room. Flasks and vials filled with various unknown materials were decorating one wall, and Evin knew one touch of them and he would be no more. He didn't know why the otherworlders lted under the effects of mana, but sothing told him that foreign energies would do the sa to his body the sa.
One such object was a blue-green… tree of so sorts standing in one corner of Kena's room. It had vine-like branches coming out of a thick stump planted inside a pot. Evin called it a tree, because it was the only similar thing he could think of, but it had no leaves, its body was smooth, almost glossy like Kena's skin, and it also pulsed with bright blue-green light occasionally.
Evin didn't know what the blue-green light was, but it didn't give off the dangerous feeling that the other mysterious materials had. It felt familiar to Evin, but sohow it felt taboo. Like sothing Evin wasn't supposed to see. Out of everything in the room, it was the most interesting thing to Evin. It seed it was the sa with Endra.
Endra's voice was filled with awe and want. A rare sound to hear.
Kena's produced a Talisman from his Storage Ring and put it on the tree. Nothing happened to the tree, but Kena's hands took on the sa blue sheen.
"Touch it," the forr Authority said, nodding at the tree.
"Lord?"
"The tree, touch it," Kena insisted. "It might be helpful to you."
Hesitantly, Evin reached for the tree.
Upon contact, his fingertips turned shining blue, and a ring of light wrapped his finger slowly moved up. When it reached Evin's hand, its speed increased exponentially and in a split second, it rushed to Evin's chest. An incredible force pulsed through his body, and Evin was thrown away.
However, Evin didn't slam into anything, instead, he slowed down right afterwards, even feeling as if he was going to be pulled back into his original spot again. Exactly that happened. A mont after Evin was blown away due to the force coming out of the tree, he was back where he was standing.
He imdiately fell to his knees and started breathing raggedly. His whole body was sweating and he could even feel his teeth shivering. But Evin couldn't bla Kena for putting him through sothing like this.
He did not know what exactly he felt when it happened, but it was definitely sothing exceptional. The mont was epheral, but Evin was sothing so much vaster during it. Transcendent, omnipotent, invincible, and eternal. It felt similar to how he felt when Endra first started sharing his mind with, except this ti the feeling was a thousand tis stronger.
Evin's mont of euphoria did not last long, though. When the aftereffects of the mont subsided, he noticed the lack of sothing in his soul.
'Endra?' he tried to ask, but the thod he used to talk to Endra was not even working.
"Well, this is certainly a surprise…" Kena's voice sounded from above. "And which world do you hail from, intruder?"
Evin looked above, and found Kena's blue hand grabbing a man by the neck. Endra.
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