Chapter 73 - Starting Line

There's no time to linger in Listan, but neither are we rushing out of town at high speed. With the rain, any hope of following suspicious looking tracks is lost, but for once we have an alternative. 

Lucas' casual demeanor is back, as he speaks, riding almost dangerously close to my side.

"For the map to have passed unnoticed, it must be encrypted. Whoever took it is going to need to decrypt it before they can use it. Fortunately, I don't."

He flashes me a little smile. "The Tear is locked behind a puzzle door that requires three artifacts scattered in other hiding spots."

I squint at him. "Why...?"

"Would be pretty stupid to go through all that effort hiding the Tear just for someone to accidentally stumble across it." Lucas shrugs, tone quite casual, considering our discussion.

"Hm. Good point. Alright, so we know there's three artifacts...does your map have those?"

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