Death, Devotion, Dissonance Chapter 83 - Impending Confrontation

the Voice began its explanation. the Voice said with fake pride.

Evin could see how the Temple would be connected to the Storyline now, and nodded.

the Voice trailed of before getting back on track.

the Voice said, pointing towards a Talisman falling into the ground.

Evin quickly recognized it as a Talisman of Warning. It was a twin Talisman designed to send a signal to the other half whenever a change occurred in its imdiate surroundings.

Evin murmured.

Ever since Phel started taking classes in Runes and later Talismans, he beca awfully engrossed in the subject, more often than not showing off his drawing skills to Evin.

Evin felt conflicted about the reminder, but there wasn't anything he could refute with. He couldn't be so sure if he could rely on Phel anymore since Decatur surely held a much tighter control over the nobles. And knowing about the relationship between Phel's family and Decatur's family, Evin couldn't be surprised if he was enemies with Phel.

'With that assumption, I would most likely be facing all 13 of Decatur's entourage,' Evin realized the existence of a more concerning problem. 'Will I be able to compete with them all?'

He thought seriously about the matter for a few seconds before chuckling lightly. Four months ago, he wouldn't even be considering this question and would be worrying about how to best escape from the Temple unscathed, but now he was actually thinking about fighting 13 nobles who have been training in magic ever since they could talk.

Bella and him held an overwhelming advantage over the 40 commoners who were lead by Dagan, but the enemy this ti couldn't be compared to that. In the class standings, Dagan was only below average and Evin was sure that the reason he was able to amass such a large amount of followers was due to his weirdly charismatic attitude.

But if one had to only consider combat capabilities, Decatur's 13-person group was at least five tis stronger than Dagan's group in a direct confrontation.

'But whatever the outco will be, Evin was willing to find it out. Like the Voice said, this was a controlled environnt and Evin was sure he wouldn't be able to find a better way to test out his abilities.

With renewed vigor and a cautious mind, Evin headed into the Temple under the protection of illusions.