It was that time of night when it is the darkest when the moon has yet to lit up the sky. Tonight was a waning night were no moon showed. Perfect Eric thought for subterfuge. If Goldy magic did send out a glow the beast were a distance from the encampment plus they were on the furthest side as well. It's great bulk would block out any thing unusual.
Eric injuries were taking their toll and his determination alone was not enough to sustain his wakefulness especially after that massive battle. The poison continued to weaken him as well as starting to break down his main organs. As it did for any that were exposed to it, in addition the burn on his skin continued to keep burning causing his blisters to expand and burst. Each new opening letting in harmful and life-threatening bacteria and viruses.
Goldy as well upon releasing that outpouring of massive energy had charred her inner magical channels. Causing some areas to become unstable while others had collapsed resulting in sporadic energies running rampant throughout her entire body. This was interfering with her body's natural healing processes.
Her heart gem thus could not heal her in these conditions so had put her in temporary stasis. Luckily for her Goldy had just finished constructing a spark point gem the day before from a memory given to her father who was a keeper. This ancient knowledge was given down only in her genetic line and was what allowed them to rejuvenate their bodies and gem sparks.
At the apex of night the spark point gem did what it was designed for and reached out to sparks throughout this world and rejuvenated them. Luckily it did not effect the beasts because they were unnatural existences, for that would have been very bad. As it started its rainbow show it lasted for more then four hour returning her back to normal conditions internal and externally.
As soon as it had reset her body it refilled her heart gem and it got to work as well, repairing and cleaning out pollutants and poisons. Being in direct contact to Goldy it healed him as well, but still it sensed dangers and with the excess energy went outwards to heal them as well.
Eric and Goldy were right the male carried a empire gem and her heart gem used its strength to reach throughout a two hundred mile area, healing and restoring everything it encountered. Everything from the trees that had been snapped to the smallest creatures of nature were healed and restored down to the ant eggs within a nest that had been flattened the day before.
The accumulated poisons in the lake were purified as well and the area of imbalance was cured as well as if it had never happened. This massive inflect of balance magic did what it was suppose to and any it healed from physical to mental fell into a relaxed childlike sleep. In the morning it was a miracle granted to them from higher beings.
When Arch woke he ran to Eric to see if he was still alive and could not believe his eyes when both Eric and Goldy opened their eyes showing not a sign of pain or mishaps. Arch was so surprised he fell onto his behind in shock.
Within the cave there was not a soul left with even a bruise. Stranger still was, the massive pile of used up gems that had lost there available stored energy had been recharged overnight. Something that only Goldy had proven could be done over a long period of time using her recharger.
Even the prince commander had been healed with no trace across his once burned and damaged face. He would continue to awake from nightmare of its rune for a long time into the future but the reality was gone. Several mages of the highest order were called in to explain this phenomenon but it would remain a unknown for now.
Eric looked into Goldy's eyes and tenderly kissed her for head. "I (kiss). Love ( kiss ), You (kiss). " Goldy throw herself even tighter into his large body and repeated it back to him with and few more kisses thrown in for good measure. Arch couldn't help but smile even as his heart was breaking.
Once he went inside to report the miracle he found out it was nothing out of the ordinary as whatever had happen outside had occurred inside as well. Those on the verge of death to those with just the slightest bumps had been cured. Even those awake could just watch. The wounds healed from the inside out, they said it was like watching everything happen in reverse.
The mages and advisors thought maybe a new empire stone was in their possession and somehow had worked this magic without being wielded. They were half right anyway, however when they removed the gem it was burnt out its energy used to heal and balance everything within a certain distance.
When Goldy was asked how long it would take to recharge this size of a gem. She told them according to her calculations it would be half charged in about two thousand years. To say the Prince was disappointed would be a understatement. With the amount recovered from the two beast and the amount that had died they would have to start the slow journey back to the kingdom.
They had made their quantum of gems and needed to get out before they could be discovered by the large roaming bands of beasts that roamed this region. There had been sightings in the last few years of the smaller ones forming groups to protect from the predation of the larger ones.
As long as they didn't come across any of those groups we thought we would definitely end this years beast hunt as a huge success. Especially considering we still had at least a month to travel to the outside areas. It would be nice to only see the smaller beast, ones who's skin was not as hard and a group of 100 could could easily win.