--- Casto is already approaching the Headquarters, base for all world's aspects and specialties. To convince the Towers for world protection is way to easy... but to prepare for possible death? ---
\^/ HERESY! \^/
[{ COWARDICE! }]
(#) YOU LET YOUR FEAR CONTROL YOU?! (#)
=I- it's not fear... I- I- I'm telling you the truth...=
°! THEY'RE MERE METAL! POWERED BY ELECTRICITY, NO LESS! YOU'VE FOUGHT METAL SLIMES THAT WERE FULLY CHARGED! BABY SPARKS ARE GOING TO HURT YOU NOW?! !°
=They have the power and weapons to kill us all, w- we can't defend, it will be a full-scale world bloodshed. Th- the enemy is barely known. What if metal bodies is just armor? What if they're made just to mock us? This... this monster is never seen before... it is not like the metal slimes, they're more... deadly! A- and they have clear purpose to kill us! We have something they don't a- and they're going to take it no matter how many die... Towers! Listen to me..! Be- before it's not too late! Please...! We need to leav- =
<*> No. We don't. <*>
=w- what? Grand Tower what are you saying? We do! I- I- I don't want to die in a losing war!=
<*> It's a losing war if you think you are on the losing side. <*>
=What... are you implying?=
<*> Fear is the mind killer. Anxiety is the mind killer. Worrying only worsens a persons stance. They arrive in 5 days. We have enough time to prepare. Gossip Tower will spread the info to all other guilds and villages. Now flee the Headquarters and back to Uho. Warn your village, let them prepare for war. Do not waste time. <*>
=I won't... but you know more about this... don't you?=
<*> We do. Praxidike Tower, please, explain to Casto. <*>
<| Yes Grand Tower, they approach our planet, Ingtha, since it harbors absurd amounts of energy mana. When spells are casted it draws its power from the planet, and anything dead is sucked from its last remaining life forces, may it be blood, skin or spirit and converted back to pure energy mana. That is why people are buried, so that they are closer to its core. Why else do you think skeletons and clothes do not disintegrate or decay? They have no life force, the planet has no way to regain its mana from skeletons or clothes. |>
=Geez... that's... something...=
<| The more we bleed, the more stronger Ingtha becomes. And these metallic beasts most likely will use it to their advantage to power themselves. |>
=But... if more of us die... wouldn't we be able to cast stronger spells?=
<| Well that depends on person, if they have quite the stamina and quite the spell capacity, they might cast few hundred flame tornadoes. However no one can cast forever. Eventually we all get exhausted from fighting. |>
=This is a lot to take in... it is... it is...=
<*> You have been stalling enough Casto. Leave at once and warn your village. You are not getting younger. It already takes you a day to get here. <*>
=I'm leaving, leaving. Thank you for sharing this. Let's meet in death again. =
<*> Fear is the mind killer. Anxiety is the mind killer. <*>
=I know, I know=
--- Casto returned to Uho, gathered all the villagers and told the truth. A war is coming and everyone must protect their homes. Children and anyone unable to fight will hide in the church. May god help them all. ---