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Chapter 101. Depths and Signs.
Rhok stared at the carvings on the wall. They weren’t like anything he had seen before. Not Church, not demonic, not even the crude art of old human tribes. These were clean, shaped with precision, and glowing faintly under the dust.The light came not from magic but from something older. Something embedded in the stone itself. Symbols formed circles, lines cut through them like veins, and at the center of one design was a shape that looked like an eye split in two halves."This isn’t wormwork," Sir Dave muttered beside him. "Someone built this. Ages ago.""And they left it buried," Rhok added.He moved a hand over one of the carvings. As his fingers touched the lines, something inside him stirred. Like a breath caught in his chest.Ferrin watched carefully, arms folded. "Those symbols feel... heavy. Like they're alive?""They are," Rhok whispered. "I think this place remembers."Sir Dave raised an eyebrow. "You mean like magic memory?""No," Rhok said, eyes narrowing. "I mean like it
Chapter 100. What Lies Beneath.
The Sand Paths were massive.They weren’t just roads, they were tunnels carved by beasts larger than carriages, wide enough for entire wagons to ride through side by side, tall enough to swallow a small house. These tunnels went on for miles, branching off like veins, twisting and turning in ways that made maps nearly useless.People lived here, they were not many, but just enough. Makeshift homes were carved into the sand walls. Crude wooden doors, blankets used as curtains, candles lighting up the darkness. But it was quiet, too quiet.Rhok, Sir Dave, and Ferrin moved deeper in, walking slowly, watching everything."They don't seem friendly," Ferrin muttered."No," Rhok said. "They seem scared." Feeling rather concerned.They stopped at the first small group they found. Two men, an older woman, and a child stood near a tented corner, huddled together. Their eyes darted around like they were waiting for something to crawl out of the walls."Excuse me," Sir Dave said. "We're not here
Chapter 99. Dust and Road.
They left before sunrise.Rhok didn’t say goodbye to anyone and neither did Sir Dave, not that he had someone to bid farewell. Ferrin looked like he wanted to say something to someone, maybe that one pretty healer who always smiled at him ever since the day he got to the battle camps, but he didn’t. He just tightened his straps, double checked his boots, and followed the others out of camp with the sun still hiding under the horizon.The road was empty, there was no noise, no wagons, just three men moving through quiet hills and dried up trees.For the first hour, nobody spoke. Just the crunching of boots on dry dirt and the occasional flap of Ferrin’s cloak as the wind caught it.Then Sir Dave finally muttered, “Horses would've been smarter.”“You said you hated horses,” Ferrin said.“I do,” Sir Dave grunted. “But my knees hate walking more.”Rhok chuckled under his breath. “You could’ve ridden that pony you brought, buttercup was it?”Sir Dave gave him a dead look. “She would’ve bit
Chapter 98. Sunset Sight
Sir Dave watched Rhok for a long moment after the last words were spoken. There was a weight in the tent now, like silence had grown arms and was holding them both still. The flickering torch by the tent flap cast a warm, slow glow that didn’t reach Rhok’s eyes.Sir Dave didn’t speak,not yet at least. He slowly drew in a breath, calmed himself and then closed his eyes. The Vowfire at his side pulsed softly, not in danger, but in preparation."Sunset," he whispered.A small ember glowed over his eyes.This was no ordinary skill and it was not granted lightly, even among the paladins. Sunset allowed one to see beyond the surface, into the soul, the threads of truth, and the web of divine alignment. Some had wept at what they saw while others had gone mad.He opened his eyes and looked at Rhok, rather he looked through Rhok.And instantly, he coughed.It wasn’t because of smoke or anything of the sort, it was what he saw.Inside Rhok was not a flame, he was not a void. He saw that Rhok w
Chapter 97. The Shadow and the Flame
Sir Dave was tired.He had spoken to six soldiers, three clerics, two saints, and a cook who seemed unusually interested in his divine sword. None had seen Rhok and they all had the same answer."He comes and goes like a whore that steals your gold when you sleep.""You don’t find him, he just pops up and spooks the living shit outta you.""Ooh, he'll find you for sure."It was starting to feel less like a search and more like chasing fog. The first person he approached that morning was Saint Luke. The man was younger than expected, with eyes that looked like they’d seen longer days than he had been alive."Rhok?" Luke had said, stretching his shoulder with a wince. "Not since the ridge collapsed, he does all that and disappears. He might be scouting or might be sleeping in a cave... or he might be having a drink with a ghost that he talks to when he thinks no one is looking. Honestly, no one knows."Next was Liora. She was sharpening a blade that seemed a bit too big for her, Sir Dav
Chapter 96. The Order Of The Church.
Sir Dave hated horses.They smelled, they kicked, and this one who was named Buttercup of all things was too proud for her own good. She tossed her head every few minutes like she was the chosen one, blessed by Luppiter himself.Sir Dave wasn’t in the mood for a holy horse.He strapped down the last of his supplies. One pack for rations, another for armour polish, and the last held sealed documents stamped with the golden sun of the Church.He’d been trying to keep his thoughts clean. Trying.But as he mounted Buttercup and glanced back at the capital gates, the urge to throw the orders into the nearest ditch bubbled up again.Still, he didn’t turn around.This was the price of being chosen to be useful.Of being too loyal to say no.---It had already been two days since they had been on the road, but Sir Dave was tired of riding in the caravan, which was long and slow. The sun beat down in that annoying way it always did on the outer roads. Dust kicked up. People bowed when they saw
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