Drups was thinking as he stormed the castle.
Delgis must be crazy, how does she want him to engage with the rest of the killers, reunite them, and do nothing but boring waiting?
He is one of Akradar's best talents, and the real warlock never performs in group shows.
She also indicated something more important, which was that the princess's scouts already knew he was after her.
Princess, Slayer of Nobles.
There is no honor whatsoever in losing her neck, and the black gods would be very angry if she escaped, because her time had come, and it should not be left behind. He does not care about (Rafiq) himself , not even by a small iota, but his faith is based on the duties of execution.
He slept disassembled into a hundred parts, in a coffin of water, until his extreme activity inhabited, and each part of him was dreaming separately, and he would wake up feeling exhausted, because of seeing a hundred different dreams at the same time.
That night, Delgis visited him in a unified dream that all of his hundred parts saw at the same time, in a strong seismic manner, which usually does not happen unless the dream is not an ordinary dream, but rather a visit, and a direct encounter, through the world of the spirit.
He argued with her during this strange meeting, saying:
"The rest of the assassins can band together, or form a team, or assign roles to a plan, and so on, but this does not apply to me."
She told him in anger:
"Don't screw the whole thing up, Drups, these warlocks games don't apply to divine conventions."
- "And I have not disobeyed the Black Gods, and I will indeed kill her, without the league of assassins."
He felt as if a silent snarl of energy emanated from her and shook his being, but he held on, and she says to him in even greater anger:
- "You can't achieve the goal alone."
- "Then you do not know the warlocks well, we only work individually, one of us is several men, and we never fail to kill."
He was wishing at that moment if he had a door that he could close in her face to end the interview, but she was the one who controlled the dream and caught it with the power of her consciousness, and with an absolute bluster she ended the angry meeting:
"Believe me, Drups, if you fail to kill her and survive, I will not let you escape with this breach, and if you fail to kill her and become a ghost in the (Ghosts Harbor), I will haunt you, and enslave your ghost forever, and deprive him of the bliss of the imprisoned Black Gods."
Then she departed in a storm, causing him to wake violently, all his parts merging rapidly, and then twitching as he coughed violently, scattering black coffin waters all over.
But he dismissed the memory of that night, and now, after months of incessant traveling, was now at last close to the target.
Akradar was a month away from Kandor, being in the far north, At a distance of 7 stages, or less than 2 Eliador. After you cross the peninsula of Cancer and after the forests of the Bull you will reach the southern coast of the Gulf of (Towering Virgin), and when you cross it in peace you will find yourself on the northern coast, where the city of (Akradar).
It is an ancient city, founded in the coppery seventh century, after the inauguration of the first Virgin Queen among the Blue people, who inhabited the area of the Great Bays, and worshiped the (Naked Goddess) among the Black Gods, so the old name of the Gulf of (Towering Virgin) among the akradarians was Naked Goddess sea.
The oldest historical mention of (Akradar) and Blue people, in general, goes back to the coppery tenth century in the Silver Age when the tribes of the rogolian people - from the peoples of the eastern Blue people - united to form the (Akradar) military alliance, which was against the policy of their Virgin Queen in her court in (Blue West), and it was The chiefs of (Akradar) lead in their alliance the forces of the cities (Glukrad) and (Glukadar) as well.
This alliance was destroyed in the following century in the famous nightly battle of (Rudaz) and did not rise again.
After summoning Delgis in the month of Sadon 4706 C., Drups left his ancient city, famous for the warlocks who were able to disintegrate their bodies. But his ship was captured by pirates in Naked Goddess sea, and he tried with all his abilities to escape in the direction of (Slippery-Hill), on the southern coast of the sea, pleading with the Black Gods, but the sea was the most difficult obstacle for him, so he surrendered to the pirates until the end of the month (Dal) 4707 C. The first month of the coppery new year.
When he called for the Five Holy Kings depicted on the golden Kuruş, he suddenly had the opportunity to escape miraculously and reached (Lonely Tree), and from there he continued his journey through the forests of the Bull, bypassing various obstacles, and the quick-tempered Swamp Archers, until he reached (Kandor) at the end of the month (Ahol) - the second month of the copper year - and did research and investigation, but the scouts of the dwarves made it easy for him.
They thought that they were watching him stealthily, but these arts, which the dwarves mastered, did not deceive warlocks, so he was the one who actually keep an eye on them, especially when he felt that they were dependents of the Princess (Aynur), so he followed a postal bat, which they sent to the north to inform Kazan of the latest developments until he reached the castle of Atur.
He succeeded in overcoming all difficulties and surviving all dangers, and now he must do the work for which he came.
He has to send another ghost other than himself to where (Ghosts Harbor).
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