The magical weapon that the spirit talked about was new to Maureen's ears. She had never read about it in any of the books at the academy or those in her personal collection which she had acquired over the years.
On seeing their confusion which was expected, the Saxon spirit went on to explain. "It is a formidable sword that was forged from the blood, bones and tears of the god of war. The ingredients were mixed with molten celestial steel.
The blood represents unyielding rage and power, the tears embody profound sorrow and sacrifice and the bones, strong will and strength. Its nature is destructive and redemptive, it was a weapon created to help humans slay gods and deities many centuries ago.
I am surprised that you don't know about it. It should be recorded sowhere in the books at your academy."
Shaking her head, Maureen's eyes that glistened with worry stared at Phoebe. "I have never heard about it. If it is at the academy, it will be in the armory." Her eyes widened. "You cannot possibly expect us to break into the armory of the academy to steal that sword!" Her voice quivered a little just by the re thought of it. If they were caught, one of the prisons would be their ho for a day or two.
"Steal from the academy! I am out on that one, if we are caught...." Rekha shuddered. Like Maureen, her mind traveled to the prisons. If they were not caught alive, they would be killed during the chase or trapped by the artifacts protecting the armory.
Phoebe gazed curiously at the spirit. "This crimson sabre is at the academy." She quizzed.
The spirit responded by shaking its head. "I never said that."
The response confused the guardians who had already co to assu that the sword was on academy grounds.
"Now I am confused." Maureen huffed. The more ti they spent on chit-chat, the more ti they wasted getting nothing done. So, which was it, would they be fighting a deity or running back to Fog country and calling the professors?
"There is one at your academy, but it is a fake, i know where the real one is." The spirit shared.
As Maureen and Rekha pondered on that, the spirit vanished into the space and retrieved the sword from an armory that had appeared with all the big changes. It sent the sword into Phoebe's backpack but bound it's magic first to prevent the evil deity in the doll from sensing it.
"I have got it, now let us go and et this deity." The spirit told the ladies.
Maureen opened her mouth like a fish on a hook and then closed it. She had a few questions to ask like where had the sword co from? How had the spirit found it? Why was she in possession of it? She wanted to look at it but ti was not on their side.
The Ledger brothers led the way to the temple which turned out to be bigger that they expected. It was the size of a fifteen-room house with very large rooms. It made them wonder why Cain had called it called it small.
He had obviously invested a lot in its appearance. There were vines of gold and silver frad on the outside walls. There was a big diamond that was attached to the arch of the temple at the entrance. Even the pillars outside were coated in real gold.
"Wow! You must have spent a fortune to construct this temple. I bet you are regretting that decision now." Erged Phoebe's entranced voice.
Her words irritated Cain a little. "Well yes, I thought that if I gave it a beautiful ho it would be appreciative and in return grant more fortune." His voice was stern but edged with frustration. If he had known things would turn out this way, he would have used his gold and diamonds to supplent his inco.
He had spent at least twenty million on this temple thinking his wealth would multiply to two hundred billion.
"Your greed got you here Mr. Ledger, if only you had been contented with what you had you would not be in this position." Rekha's words ca out sharp with judgent. To her, Cain Ledger was already wealthy, what else did he need?
She had seen poor people that sold their souls for wealth but never a super-rich person seeking for more wealth like this.
Nodding his head gently, a rueful smile ca to form on Cain's lips. "I can see that now, honestly I had it all, health, wealth and a loving family but it looks like I am about to lose all of it." He said regretfully, a lump forming in his throat.
"We will do the bla ga later, let us move in." Maureen's hand moved to grab the bow and arrows in her bag.
The pets returned and reported that it was indeed a deity, Raven Yin was able to identify which of the deities. "A female deity of prosperity, fortune and abundance." It reported.
"Thank you, both of you." Phoebe told her pets before they jumped back into the coins.
Maureen's mind sifted through all the female gods and deities of prosperity she had read about. Ideally, if it was a good deity, Cain would have thrived. He was in the food business so his fields would have been rich in produce. His animals fertile should have been fertile as would his wife and his children. Cain's family would have grown larger by the year. Instead, the opposite had happened to him.
"We might as well enter." Maureen said.
They all adjusted their attitude and got into combat mode with weapons in hand. Upon entering, their eyes did not roam around in admiration of the beautiful temple but rather moved straight to the doll that occupied the middle of the alter.
It was a female doll with a body of gold. The bright golden statue had one enormous unblinking eye which was a red sapphire. In the middle of the sapphire was a black spot which resembled a pupil. Looking at the statue was enough to give Phoebe chills.
The deeper they ventured, the more she felt like they were being watched.
"Very creepy, why would anyone purchase sothing like that?" She whispered to her aunt. "I would not buy it even if I was told it shits gold every two seconds."
She tightened her hands around her two pink guns, if anything moved suspiciously, it was getting a bullet.
"You can tell that sothing about it is off even from a distance. I cannot believe that this moron brought it to his ho which is supposed to be a safe space for his family." Maureen let out a loud scoff. "You guys can go now. We will take it from here." She commanded the brothers who willingly left the room.
They slowly approached the doll, nothing seed out of place until Phoebe noticed that the eye was moving, following her movents.
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