"But still, what are the odds that a fire erupts right when I plan on coming here? Talk about perfect coincidence," Lucius whispered to himself, as he continued moving deeper into the forest.
It was tis like this when he truly felt like a main character.
Though this little event made him aware that there were others who wished for the downfall of the council.
Even if the guards sohow found out that fires could be put out using water, the wall was bound to take so serious damage. And unfortunately for the council, that very sa wall would act as a guide for the fire, taking it as far along its length as it would be allowed.
~If the wall separating this section of the forest and the green forest goes down, then the necromancer will be able to advance its units through,~ Lucius realized.
He wasn't certain whether to be happy about this or worried.
Sure he wished for the council's downfall, but if the necromancer was even the slightest bit competent at strategy, it would take up as much space as it could before the council could get another wall back up.
And unlike everyone else, its army didn't need food or rest, so if the council wanted to keep them back like the golems were doing, they'd have to expend a lot of resources.
~Resources they have enough of... for now,~ he thought.
The more he thought about it, the more curious he beca about the arsonist's identity.
Whoever they were, they had access to information that even the seemingly high-tiered guards didn't have access to. What with them acting like it was the first ti they had ever seen a fire even though they had cruxs at their disposal.
~Are they working independently like ... Or are they part of an advanced group?~ he pondered. Sure, it would be a bit of an exaggeration to claim that having knowledge of fire made a group advanced.
However, most scientists would agree that humanity's most important discovery was that of fire. Most, if not all of humanity's later advancents were built on the foundations that the discovery of fire had built
And if this group had hoarded such information, for who knows how long, then perhaps they had access to equipnt that this side of the forest had yet to see.
Still, though, this was all rely speculation. For now, he would focus on what he ca here to do; Find any signs that his children may have been around, and collect as much material as possible.
At this point in his journey, a lake was coming into view in the distance. He recognized it as the lake where he had done his first trade.
It felt, nostalgic sohow.
The creatures gathered there were all staring off into the distance behind him, no doubt at the giant smoke plu that now filled a great section of the sky.
~Regardless, whoever they are, they're too reckless. Starting a fire in the forest should be a last resort, and they started it in areas with a lot of wildlife too,~ he thought, before moving to join one of the groups of creatures close to his size.
They were a group of humanoid deer, with horns just a little shorter than his. The language they were speaking contained a lot of bleating.
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When he finally got to the group and tried squeezing into the discussion, they all stopped talking and stared at him.
"I wonder what it is," he said, ignoring the odd stares he was getting and looking off toward the smoke plu.
The creatures seed to relax once they heard him speak in their tongue and continued their discussion.
"It's probably those night monsters again. Just a few days ago they planted that sa red flower in one of the council mbers' dens," one of the creatures said after a slight pause.
"You think it's the sa guys who poisoned Councilor Eikthyrnir?" another asked, to which all the others slowly nodded their heads in response.
If what these guys were saying was true, then whoever these guys were, were quite organized. In fact, the ntion of poison made him ponder whether it was his children doing all this.
~Though it'd be very unlike Hannibal to use fire as a tactic,~ he thought to himself. Before quickly rembering who his child actually was.
Sure he wanted to believe that Hannibal was a mild-mannered and generally good person. However, he had to rember that that sa Hannibal had sacrificed half the initial commune to guarantee the safety of the others.
When need be, Hannibal could be cruel.
~But let's not jump to conclusions just yet,~ he thought to himself, as he continued to listen on.
"I wish they would just leave. The council already has enough to deal with as it is. Those Forsaken Forest bastards. I still can't believe they're attacking us like this," one of the other creatures said.
There was a slight pause at this, as if no one wanted to speak on this topic.
"Well, it was only a matter of ti. What'd you think would happen when we don't even allow any of them a seat in the council," Lucius said.
Perhaps remaining quiet would've been the safer option, however, he would get no information by doing so. And besides, based on what he had heard so far, it seed they were under the impression that the dark forest denizens and the necromancer were working together.
It wasn't a surprise that propaganda like this was being spread around, after all, in tis of great distress, the governing body of the area would risk being blad for everything if they didn't find scapegoats.
"Pfft, you're one of those guys, huh? It isn't our fault that they don't have a single high-tiered creature amongst them. If we let just anyone join in, then even the low-tier creatures might think they have a chance," one of the creatures replied, so hostility present in their tone.
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