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"So first we'll need to locate the infirmaries . " Helen planned
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"Yah with Daisy and Helen . . . . and their healing spells . . . . they probably would accept our help . " Grace agreed .
"Sounds like a good first step . " Jay agreed .
"So head back into the city and ask some guards? . . " I suggested .
"Yeah let's give that a try . " Daisy agreed .
"So why don't we learn healing spells? . . " I questioned Jay as we began making our way back to the city .
"So from what I understand . . . Daisy gets her powers from Serra herself and Serra specialises in healing . . . . and when it comes to Helen's druid healing spells are also granted by her God . . . I assume one of the Gods of nature . . . . generally Druid spells focus on natural healing and accelerating the natural healing process . " Jay explained .
"So we can't learn them? . . " I asked curiously .
"Well I think you can . . . . . But learning to master different schools of magic takes a long time usually . . . . . So splashing into Druidic, Paladin or Cleric spells would be detrimental to your Sorcerer spells . " Jay answered .
"Ahhhh a sort of jack of all trades master of none . " I nodded in understanding .
"Hmmm yeah! But don't worry though . . . we have a lot of bases covered with our group . " He smiled .
"So do you think Helen or Daisy has met their God personally? . . " I asked out of curiosity .
"Most likely . . . . Many people throughout history have met their God in sleep or visions . . . . Why? . . " Jay answered .
"I dunno . . . back in my world . . . it was more like a faith . . . something you have to believe in . . . . . " I answered .
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"Ahhh I see . . . . Well I'm sure there's a reason why they might not be able to contact their followers as easily . " He answered .
"Why's that? . . " I asked .
"Umm well how the story goes here . . . There was a very cataclysmic event like a civil war between God's you might put it . . . So after that event the God's left the worlds and created their own Domains in the Astral Space and a barrier was formed to stop God's directly with the mortal realm . . . . . So maybe your God is just too far away . . . or can't contact their followers . " Jay explained .
"Hmmmm maybe . . . . . " I contemplated on his story but ultimately disregarding it, there's no way their history can be linked to ours .
"Do you have a faith? . . " I questioned Jay .
"Me? . . . nah . . . . . Not my thing . " He chuckled .
"I get that . " I smiled remembering Paul had no faith in and religion especially after the loss of his mum .
"Daisy you're up . " Grace smiled as we reached the gates and a group of guards .
"Why me? . . . " She asked in shock .
"Well you are a Paladin of Serra . . . . and well Helen is a Elf . " Grace answered .
"Okay fine . . . . " She replied and began to walk toward a group of guards .
"Are all dark Elves evil?" I asked Helen and Grace .
"To be frank . . . . Most of them are . . . There are the rare few that aren't but majority of them are sadly . " They answered .
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"Is there a reason why they are so different to you guys? . . " I asked curiously .
"They are the Elves that remained faithful to the Evil Elven God's . . . . . And was cast deep underground . Their insatiable hunger for power have driven them to very heinous acts . . . . . . Filled with slavery, back stabbing, and mindless killing . . . . all sorts of things . " Grace answered .
" . . . . . . That explains why you both were so eager to act . " I replied .
"Yeah . . . . . We Elves know what Dark Elves are capable of . " Helen answered .
"What are we gonna do once we get down to the bottom of this? . . . " I asked worried that we're way over our heads .
"We'll let the Deputy Head Mistress know . . . . . " Grace answered .
"Ohh . . . . was kinda worried you guy might go barrelling in . " I replied .
"Of course not . . . . . Dark Elf assassins should not be taken lightly . " Grace replied .
Grace came walking back to us with a solider following by her side, "So these are my friends that I mentioned earlier that came to help . " Daisy introduced each of us .
"Nice to meet you all . . . . on behalf of the city thank you for your help and support, follow me I'll take you to the infirmary . " He said leading the way .
"So if you don't mind me questioning . . . . what's been attacking the solider and people? . . . " Helen asked politely .
"Absolutely hideous creatures . . . . . Heavily armoured insect creatures with giant mandibles and carapaces as hard as steel . . . . one particular one I've encountered looked like a big boulder at first but then began sprouting several tentacles and a gaping mouth with razor sharp teeth, it bound and caught most my party dragging them in to consume them . . . Not many of us made it back that night… . . " He answered physically shuddering as if traumatized by the event . .
" . . . . . . . . . They don't sound natural inhabitants here . " Helen replied .
"They defiantly aren't . . . . . It was the first time I've ever seen such a disgusting creatures . " He answered, "Reports say that there were giant insectoid creatures . . . . . That let out a disorientating scream along with a mesmerizing gaze . . . armed with giant mandibles and giant clawed hands that could easily cut through our armour . " He added .
"That definitely sound like Hulking Beetles . " Grace answered .
"Have you fought them before?" He asked in response to Grace's familiarity of the creature .
"No sorry . . . . but we've read about them . " She answered .
"Anything else you can tell us about? . . . " Grace asked .
"Some reports speak of a weird darkness that appears where all but one member of a guard unit mysteriously disappears . The one surviving guards almost always seem to have been driven insane for somehow… . . Blabbering about horrific visions . " He added .
"This really doesn't make sense . . . " Jay whispered to me .
"Why is that?" I asked .
"I dunno something doesn't sit quite right . . . . why was Atlantis called in for this exact date . " He questioned .
"You're right . . . . So there has been attacks on the guard and some individuals . . . but how do they know that an attack was gonna happen today? . . " I agreed .
"Excuse me . . . . . Is there a reason for all the amped security today? . . " Jay asked .
"Ohhh yes . . . . the commander said that the High Mage has received visions of an imminent attack . " The solider answered .
"Ohhh I see . . . " Jay nodded in understanding .
"So their High Mage must have used some sort of divination magic . . . . . . " He whispered to me .
"This doesn't sound good . . . . . Helen and Grace seem to know what the creatures attacking the guard are . . . . and now we've discovered news of an imminent attack . . . . that the school probably don't know about… . " I whispered back .
"Yes we'll defiantly report all our findings once we're done here . " Jay replied .
As we approached a large building a strong stench began wafting into my nose forcing me to gag, "What is that smell? . . " I said holding my nose closed .
"It's the ones that didn't make it . " The guard frowned looking down at the ground as if showing respect . Jay pulled out his wand casting a spell making the smell into fresh scented flowers .
Opening the gate entering the grounds of the building there was a large area filled with many bodies laid down in neat order completely each covered individually in white sheets . "This way . . . . " he said leading us through the main entrance into a devastating infirmary . . . innumerable bedswere filled with injured people . . . . . Missing limbs . . . blood everywhere . . . howls and moans of pain . . . . many priests running all over the place . . . . . Some even resting on a bench looking shattered or sleeping .
"I did not expect it to be this many . . . " Daisy froze in shock .
"Hey you!!! Priest of Serra . . . . we need your help here!" A man shouted out to Daisy causing her to snap into action .
Helen quickly ran to another patient that seemed to be screaming out in pain with several individuals trying to restrain him down to a bed .
"I'll make my way back to my post . " the solider notified us clearly shaken at the sight .
"Thank you sir . . . . " Jay replied .
"Good luck and thank you . " he said saluting to Jay and making his way out
I quickly began passing rations to some priests, they've clearly must have spent themselves feeling completely exhausted . "I thought it was only a few attacks . . . I never imagined it to be this bad… . . " I said to Jay .
"Same . . . . it clearly looks worse than we've been lead to believe . . . . " He also helping by giving out rations and drinks .
Grace went to help Helen taking the opportunity to analyse the wounds and injuries . Daisy and eyes were already illuminated with her signature golden glow . . .