Chapter 270 Gravenovarish's Weapons {Minecrawlers} [X]
"So when are you planning on actually taking to the Aternite?" Lucius whispered into his guide's ear.
After they had co across the second mine camp, Lucius had begun to suspect that his guide was using him for its own agenda. However, after the fourth, this suspicion beca fact.
He rely allowed the furtong to lead him around out of kindness, hoping that perhaps the creature would have enough sha to actually take him to where he needed to be after saving a few of its brethren.
Though it seed that the furtong had no sha.
"I-I'm taking you there. I just thought we could save the others we found on the way. Rest assured, I'm leading you to where they store the Aternite," the furtong replied after so thought.
"I hope you realize that I'm not so kind to those who lie in my presence," Lucius warned, patting the furtong on the shoulder with enough force to cause a bit of pain.
"I-I understand," the creature replied, shivering in fear slightly.
The army of furtong they had 'liberated' were beginning to get rowdy. So were reunited relatives who hadn't seen each other in a long ti, so naturally they had a lot of catching up to do, which ant a lot of talking.
Others had lost relatives, and now with fresh hope in the form of Lucius and his entourage, they began to speak of vengeance, going on and on about how they would torture any guards they found.
Whilst so others, though very small in number- spoke of larger goals. They spoke of change in the forest, and how the return of the saviour ant that the lower tiers would soon rule.
It was dangerous talk.
The way they made it sound, it seed as if 'the saviour' was nothing but a tool, a ans to an end for them. They spoke as if their ascension was promised, a right rather than privilege. And the things they whispered thinking he could not hear them, the things they promised to do to the venari and the other ruling races... they were things that sane creatures ought not to talk about.
~Giving so of these guys powers could be dangerous... especially the ones we saved today,~ Lucius thought to himself as he followed behind the guide.
~But I can't stunt the growth of the commune by withholding the system's benefits. Should I create a spy division? Maybe they could monitor the mbers carefully and choose those who have a lower chance of misusing the power I give them,~ he pondered.
Of course, he understood that there would be a few bad apples who would put up an act, only to go rampant once they gained their powers. However, that couldn't completely be avoided. Besides, what's to say that they wouldn't only beco that way once they got a taste of the power anyway?
~Then perhaps instead of just a spy division, it'll be a secret police force. They'd spy on the mbers, and take out any of them that showed to be plotting any sches that'd hurt the commune,~ he thought to himself.
He understood that organizations like secret police were historically the weapons of dictators and such, however he also understood that his commune was basically just that. With him as the sole leader, it was nothing more... in fact, it was closer to a cult at this point... which was probably worse.
~I'll set it up as soon as I get back to the commune. I'll let Ghost be the premier of this one,~ he decided, looking over his shoulder towards her.
She was currently staring daggers at so of the furtong behind her -no doubt annoyed at the amount of noise they were making.
"With the amount of noise your people are making, I'm not sure I'll be able to continue going on with them," Lucius said to the guide, not bothering to whisper.
With that, the furtong went silent.
"S-sorry," the guide replied, shooting an annoyed look at his people.
*
After walking for several more minutes, the guide suddenly stopped.
Lucius could sense a terrifyingly-powerful bestial energy coming from sowhere up ahead. It had been one of the several energy readings he had been wary of before they entered the mine. Luckily, however, it was not the one on the sa level as the necromancer.
"The Aternite is stored in the cavern up ahead... however there are probably venari in there as well," the guide said.
Lucius looked at the guide for a mont with a scrutinizing gaze.
"If you have sothing more to say then just say it," he replied calmly, having given the guide ample ti to continue.
"Th-they also keep the Morrentors in there... it's where they rest," the guide added reluctantly.
"I-it shouldn't be more than one though. This side of the mine only has two," it added quickly, as if that would make things any better.
~So that's the bestial presence I was sensing,~ Lucius thought to himself.
Based on energy readings, he was confident that he and the others could take on the Morrentor -that was if energy readings were anything to rely on, after all, when it ca to beasts it was likely they had natural weapons that would make fighting against them ssy- but that was on the condition it was alone.
Sadly, there his earth sense was picking up a large group of high-level guards surrounding the creature. The weakest of them was at least on the level of a purple-tunic, aning that this wasn't sothing he could just brute force his way through.
~I'll need to actually think this one through, huh,~ he thought to himself, before gesturing for Ghost and Pagan to co forward.
"Tell us what you know about the layout of the cavern ahead, as well as the Morrentor and the venari guards that take care of it," Lucius said regarding the guide- as Ghost and Pagan joined the conversation.
"I-It's been quite so ti since I passed by the cavern, but I'll try to tell you what I know," the guide replied, before beginning its explanation.
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