Chapter 18
De voe's search party had rid the entire realm in search of what seemed unknown to everyone else. They searched the temple, the houses, the tombs, and even the house of the late priestess, but they didn't seem to have found what they were looking for. Recently, they had bundled a large multitude of men, both old and young, who were regarded as law offenders, forcing them to excavate the Rocky hard button of the southern mountains. The prisoners who excavated made use of sletch hammers, and axes to break through the surface of the rocks. Some of De voe's men were mounted on horses, holding long whips in their hands, observing and coordinating the prisoners in labor. Zealous Raja, De voe's committed right-hand man was in the saddle, overseeing the work in progress. He had a constant malicious and vicious look on his face, which gave him a frightful appearance.
