Twenty minutes later…
I sat on the edge of my bed looking at my two friends with a thoughtful expression as I put a hand through my black hair, Lucas and Kiran, the same, sat on the edges of their beds.
Lucas yawned "Damn it! I can't believe we lost to that mutt, we almost had it" he looked at us both grumbling under his breath.
'What is he saying? Something like, how could I have lost?'
Kiran with his arms folded glanced at us both annoyed with his tired grey eyes "How are we even alive?… all I remember is getting impaled by the beasts spikes and seeing darkness" Kiran thought back to the fear he felt that day and clenched his teeth.
I sighed shaking my head "I'm not sure, but after you lot went unconscious, I was the only one left standing. I fought the beast to a stalemate until it retreated and after that, it was darkness for me as well" i shrugged.
A scoff was heard, I looked at Lucas to see his eye twitching "Y..you're really boasting at this time? You think your stronger than me!"
"Umm… not really" i replied to Lucas awkwardly 'I was just explaining what happened, what's his problem'
"Oh shut up, Lucas! stop being so dramatic, we've got more things to worry than your drama" Kiran snapped at Lucas with a shout.
"Alright, that's enough. By the way how did we all heal? At the end of the fight my whole shoulder was hanging off my body" I interrupted them before they could continue arguing not wanting to start a fight in the dorm.
Lucas still glaring at us both looked at my shoulder then shrugged "Who knows, don't ask me"
Kiran scoffed "Not surprised you don't know Lucas, I read a book in the orphanage library, about the dwarves when their kingdom merged with ours, apparently, the metallic things that were dropped by beasts or found throughout the land, that we either ignored or tried to decipher, and failed to. Were artifacts that hold different powers and capabilities, the dwarves with their more technical brains and longer time researching the said artifacts, discovered that you had to figure out the runic codes on them" Kiran paused noticing Lucas's blank stare "Do you get it? He asked raising an eyebrow Lucas shrugged again "You lost me at runic codes"
Kiran sighed helplessly "I don't know myself" he answered Lucas before continuing "the theories about where these artifacts came from, range from a technological race in the past, or a even lost technology that have been forgotten in time by humans themselves"
"So if I had to guess, it's probably artifacts that healed us, or someone with the nature element, which is extraordinarily rare" Kiran finished off explaining.
"Woah, I need to get my hands on some of those"
I said with a smile 'these artifacts, I can make myself stronger with them right?'
"Blah, blah, blah. Why are you getting into myths and legends, when that's all they are" Lucas said but before Kiran could reply…
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