The Pillagers?
Ozul kept repeating his routine. He could not differentiate between day or night.
It was all the sa for him.
So he never knew how much ti had passed. Any sane person would go haywire with all this loneliness. But Ozul could never get enough of his dark surroundings.
He had seen that
big source of light
up in the sky when he was just a child. Honestly, he felt it quite annoying. Ozul would rather stay cooped up doing nothing. Instead of going under that annoying thing.
Ozul did not feel any weaker under the Sun, but it was just irritating as far as he could rember.
Ti started flying.
.....
Ozul may not know, but a year and two months had passed.
In between this period, Ozul noticed that the amount of the black mass that he could produce had increased ever so slightly. Albeit only a fraction of incrent, he could now create sothing like an extra small needle.
Why would he need a needle?
His answer would be; What else can you make with this small quantity?
Nonetheless, Ozul was in a better mood after his discovery. Because he knew that he could increase the amount he can generate over ti.
‘Maybe there are other ways to increase the quantity of the black mass?’ thought Ozul before shaking those random thoughts away. Whatever it may be, it was for the future. And the future was unpredictable. Ozul would not waste his ti on these useless thoughts.
He had better things to do. Thinking is much more complicated than sleeping, and only an idiot would choose sothing complex over sothing so simple. And Ozul was no idiot! He kept his preferences straight and decided to sleep!
Even after being able to walk, Ozul never once tried to get out of the warehouse. It’s just he never felt like doing it.
But after six years and a couple of months, things were not the sa in the outside world.
Unknown to Ozul, his ‘parts’ had caused changes in so of the political positions of the kingdom. He had no visitors all this ti, not because they were afraid of him. Though it may seem strange, It was because all the people who knew about him had already t their demise.
Ozul’s father had arranged his loyal experts to set up a magical seal outside the warehouse. These types of magical seals were beneficial, but they were very delicate from the outside.
Even a child might break the seal from the outside if he ssed up just a single rune!
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Outside the warehouse, about fifty or so ters away, a group of people consisting of only n was marching towards it.
They looked haggard; so even had severe injuries. From appearances, all the n looked like typical thugs.
Abruptly, one of the seemingly short guys with no shirt excitedly ran towards a scar-faced guy.
“Boss! Boss Razor!” barked the half-naked man while so saliva dripped out of his mouth.
“What is it Now! If it is not sothing important, then don’t bla for feeding you to stray dogs, You teeth less Bastard!”
The guy nad Razor growled as he was quite annoyed already. He was the leader of these bandits. They had just escaped from a ferocious beast. Never had Razor seen death so near him.
He had fought many life and death battles, but just a look at that beast made his legs go numb. They had about one-third of their mbers killed before the monster beca bored and just went away.
They were miserable after encountering that beast. Only less than fifty bandits had survived, and even all their loot got lost during their escape.
“Hehe... Boss! I sense sothing ahead! We might find soplace to stay!” replied the half-naked guy while cleaning his spit that flew all around.
Razor was thrilled, he had planned just to rest in an inn at the Azmar town, but it was still a bit far away! And not to ntion that they were bandits, and always had to worry about the town guards recognizing them.
“It looks like we have used all our bad luck, brothers! They don’t call us The Pillagers for nothing! We can recover our losses in a matter of days!”
Razor encouraged his group with a few words. He was a leader; after all, he couldn’t just leave their ntal state be.
All the surrounding thugs had their eyes lit up! With newfound strength, they advanced excitedly.
. . .
It took them less than a minute, and they could already see a worn-out barn-like warehouse surrounded by overgrown weeds but no signs of life nearby.
So were disappointed due to the lack of quality. But mostly everyone just wanted to relax. The bandits had been on their nerves for the whole day, and it was quite taxing for their bodies.
They couldn’t just rest out in the open; the forest was full of unforeseen dangers.
A place to stay was just what they needed right now, and they could make a do with so old warehouse. At least they’d have a roof over their heads
The bandits neared the warehouse. But due to the overgrown weeds and wild plants, No one noticed the old dusty runes drawn on the ground. They just stepped past the runes; so stretched the dirt with their feet.
Unknown to the bandits, they had removed many of the runes, which caused the magical seal to finally break but not before flashing a bright light and creating so air fluctuations!
All the runes began to disintegrate into thin air!
This scene confused all the n. The bandits’ leader Razor was the only person who could discern that it was so kind of seal.
He explained it to everyone here, making everyone wary of the warehouse. You only put sothing troubleso inside a magical seal! They were bandits but at least had common sense.
“Should we check it out, Boss?” Asked the sa half-naked man seemingly cautious of advancing any further.
“Hmm... The seal already ca undone. I don’t think there is any problem with just taking a look. Besides, If sothing dangerous was sealed here, there should have been so people at guard, no?” replied Razor after giving it so thought. He also did not want to walk another couple of miles.
All the n agreed as everyone lacked rest, and this warehouse was their best option.
Seeing that everyone agreed, Razor ordered two of the burly n to go ahead and open the gate.
The two were also worried about any possible dangers but obeyed Razor nonetheless and just removed the gate with brute force. After removing the big door, they quickly ran back to the group, not even taking a peek inside.
They won’t take any chances with their lives. They were not alone, as no sane person would gamble on their own life.
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