Chapter 248: Slana

Chapter 248: Slana

Tabbris and his father Razor visited the Magic Academy and requested an audience with the headmaster.

The question of the mysterious objects found in the Orcs' necks was still not completely solved. Although they suspected they were used for somehow controlling the beasts, nobody was 100% sure.

And so, after being unable to figure out how they worked, they decided to visit one of the best places for Rune study.

The Magic Academy!

"Fascinating!" Elder Balin uttered in awe as he held the artifact in his hands. "So many intricate Runes! And look at this, I have never seen one like that before! Amazing!"

He was using a magnifying glass to closely examine the intricate designs on the Slana. Why did they decide to call it Slana? Because it was a Slavery Nail-looking thing and it was easier to say!

Anyway, as he examined Slana from all sides, the door opened and a few more people came in. Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m

"Bishop Argoch!" Razor greeted and went to shake the man's hand. "Welcome, here is the thing we wrote you about."

"Ah! Yes, excellent! Hello!" Bishop Argoch gripped his hand in return and shook it. Behind him were his apprentices who were curiously looking around the room.

"Bishop, you are finally here!" Elder Balin paused his research and went to greet the newcomer. They were both Runemasters that liked to tinker with new Runes.

The last time they had the option to study some old symbols was at the door in the Phoenix Temple. Although they didn't manage to open them it was still a great opportunity to learn.

And by chance, Bishop Argoch was in the capital so the news of a new unknown artifact reached his ears. Of course, he had to come and take a look.

"Let me see this thingy, you have aroused my interest with the letter!" Bishop Argoch took one Slana and examined it.

"Ohoho! This is nice! You said it goes in the neck? Ingenious!" He manipulated a tiny bit of Mana and sent it in. Slana reacted and the Runes shined briefly before returning to their dormant state.

Elder Balin saw him do that and comforted him, "Don't worry, that's normal. I have tried many things already, but I can't seem to get it to work." He thought for a moment and then said, "Maybe we need a live target to test it on? We should perform some experiments"

"Good idea," Rayner, Trevor, and Rena nodded and followed him to the Academy courtyard outside.

"Let the old men bicker, while they go out and have fun, huh?" Razor sighed and grabbed a chair to sit down. Despite being a General and a Guardian of the Kingdom, his job sure seemed like a simple babysitter at times. He had to make sure these two didn't kill each other and then report to His Majesty after learning something concrete.

Meanwhile, the four young people chatted under the clear sky. They knew each other since their social standing was quite high and they could almost be considered friends.

"Nice weather we are having, don't you think?" Trevor initiated the conversation. From all the things he could randomly say it just had obe be this one.

The other three looked at him and then at the sky. It was the middle of the day, but it was already becoming dark despite being early summer. Dark clouds were rolling in from the west and threatened to completely block out the sun any time now.

A storm was coming.

"Erm Sure, it's nice" Tabbris answered. He didn't know what else to say. Was this guy for 'cereal'?

"What is that?" Rean suddenly spotted something flying through the sky and pointed at it. "Is that a bird?"

Rayner used a hand to shade his eyes and squinted, "It looks like a man!"

"It's" Tabbris also looked, but then his eyes opened wide. "It's Gerald! He already recovered?! That's impossible!"

The other three immediately focused their attention on him. "Did you just say, Gerald?! You know him too?"

Trevor was of course the one that asked. After all, he spent the most time with Gerald at the Black Iron Fort and could be considered his acquaintance.

"Also, he can fly?!"

"It's a long story," Tabbris replied and sighed, watching the figure in the sky quickly become smaller on the horizon. "Let's go got a drink and we can talk about it then," he invited.

"Oh, thank you!" Trevor accepted before the other two could express their opinion and dragged them after Tabbris. It seemed they had a lot to talk about.