Chapter 324:
Greigh's Point of View
Near Helmsforth Battlents
It'd been a few days since Arthur left, and we began work on the project. While I wasn't sure what the finished product would really look like or an, I believed in Arthur's decision regardless. He kept an opening in the wall specifically reserved for this. The battlents would overlook the beginning process until it was too far out of sight.
The banging sounds of industry were drowned out by an overly enthralled Elf. "This is truly incredible!" Ayda said excitedly as we supervised everything.
Ziah was the one to respond. "What do you an?"
"Arthur's project will make ground transportation of resources and other goods far more applicable than carts or even airships in so cases." The Elf explained. "If this works, it is very possible that in the near future, the transportation industry will be completely changed."
"Yes. He did ntion that in passing." I spoke up. "The General has likely had this planned for so ti now."
"Why do you think that?" Ziah asked .
Ayda replied before I could. "The placent of these tracks would be impossible without tearing down parts of Arthur's wall. However, he left room for movent inside the city limits and outside. That includes a few key points where he left vacant gates purposefully in his original design." She answered. "Even the path that he plans on taking to other cities and towns is incredibly thought out."
Then I finished with, "That, and he's been hoarding the necessary resources for quite so ti. We should be able to connect more easily with the eastern coast, south, and north."
"Do you ever feel like the General knows a lot more than he is letting on?" Ziah questioned.
Ayda and I glanced at each other before she nodded. "With the blueprints he gave and the amount of detail added, of that, I have no doubt."
"Ayda!" All of us turned as a voice called out throughout all the hubbub.
"Cass?" I greeted a little concerned about how tired she looked.
Barely giving a passing glance, she stepped before Ayda. "Ah need ta talk to ya."
That got to quirk a brow. "Is sothing wrong, Cass?"
"No." She replied evenly. "Ah just need an Elf, and Ayda's the best there is."
Ayda, to her credit, seed a little surprised at the praise. "Oh. Uh," She looked at , and I nodded. "Sure. Would you like to speak in private?"
Cassidy nodded. "Please." Grabbing Ayda, she dragged her off, which seed to startle the Elf, but she didn't protest.
Ziah watched them from beside . "Should I follow them?"
"No." She looked at . "Both seem to be doing better, and Arthur said to help them if they ca to us. He didn't say to spy on them."
Cassidy's Point of View
Reed Farmstead
"May I ask what this is about?" Ayda inquired.
She'd been patient. Far more than I expected of her. We had left the city and moved through the outskirts to my ho. It felt odd saying that. After all, it had been passed on to .
Moving inside the kitchen, I gestured for her to sit down. She did so, albeit a little lost as to what this was all about. Grabbing sothing for the two of us to drink, she watched as I set it down in front of her before sitting on the opposite side of her.
"Cass," She began, and I looked at her. "What is this about?"
"Can ya put up so manner of soundproofing spell?"
Quirking a brow, Ayda did as I asked after a mont. "Now?"
Swirling the cup's contents around in a hypnotic manner, I finally answered. "Ah need yer help."
"With?"
"Ah'm aware this isn't exactly legal, but Ah'm gonna ask anyway." That imdiately made Ayda warier. "What do ya know about runes and enchantnt?"
The Elf regarded the question with suspicion. "More than my fair share. Not very practical in actual combat if not done beforehand. Dwarves have their own manner of runes, just like the Dragons. Enchantnt is extrely different across all our races, yet at its core, it is the built upon the sa foundation." Ayda explained, but my lack of reaction seed to unnerve her. "But you knew all this, did you not?"
I shrugged. "Not the finer details, but the general gist, I guess."
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