33 Chapter 33 (1/2)

It was around midday once they reached the surface and Aerwyn could see the snow capped Delos mountain rage far to the north. He could tell the small mountain cave they exited was somewhere near where he first woke up, at least distance wise. It meant that they would have to trek through brexil cat territory but now that he had Erit the little creatures would be hard pressed to scratch him.

Aerwyn had Erit lift him onto her back again, except this time he brought Rin and Ren up with him before they set off north. Brexil cats harassed them for hours but the creatures never fully engaged, only darting at a goblin or two before running off when the undead went in for the kill. They soon came across the burned down goblin village he had raided days prior.

Knowing where he was now, he reached out to Rorik in the darkness and had him send one of the direwolves to Ardin with food. They reached Ardin late into the night but Erit's abdomen couldn't fit through the gates. Aerwyn was attempting to think of a solution when the giant spider simply climbed over the walls, nearly knocking him off her back in the process.

Erit's effortless bypass of the walls left Aerwyn questioning why he even wasted his time trying to fix them in the first place. At least creatures of her size appeared to be rare above ground, even Rorik or the trolls wouldn't be able to easily get through the walls. After his minor fit of apathy he directed Erit to the city square where there was a deer carcass waiting for him.

Once he was done eating he collapsed on the furs inside the spire and escaped to the world of dreams. The next morning he went outside to talk to Erit but she and his new undead spiders were nowhere to be found. He looked around the city to no avail before seeking out Bon who was working on making ropes nearby.

”Have you seen Erit?”

”She... left the city last night master. She said that she was going to hunt for you and ignored my protests. I didn't want to wake you. I-”

”It's fine Bon. Don't worry about it, i'll just call her. I'm going to begin feeding Teek some mana crystals today, is there anything i should know? Can she eat as many as she wants or does she need to eat them over time?”

”No more than three a day master. The stronger the mana cores the quicker she'll evolve.”

”Ok, the same goes for Rin and Ren right?”

”Yes, master.”

Aerwyn reached out in the darkness to Erit's soul string and ordered her back before checking up on the progress of the southwestern wall. It was about half finished which brought a smile to his face. Once they were done with the walls he could begin clearing out the rubble and broken buildings from the city. It wasn't an important project like the walls but if he was gonna live here, he preferred for the city to look at least halfway decent.

He grabbed Teek before heading back to the broken spire with Rin and Ren. Looking through the sack of mana cores, he picked out nine zin beetle mana cores and looked at them for a moment. No matter what Bon said, they didn't look edible. They weren't too large to swallow or anything, it was just that they had rather sharp edges that look like it would cut the throat on the way down.

”I want to test something Teek, wait a moment before eating these.” Aerywn handed the small crystals to Teek who eagerly got ready to toss all three into her mouth. He closed his eyes and entered the darkness, inside he inspected Teek's soul. It was the standard size for goblins except for the larger tendrils encompassing it that made it appear larger, no doubt from her being given a name.

Time was different inside the darkness so it took awhile for a change to occur which allowed Aerwyn to analyze every detail about Teek's soul. As if adding fuel to a fire, Teek's soul instantly became blindingly bright for a moment before dimming once more. Aerwyn inspected her soul again, it appeared to be a little larger and he could tell it was more luminescent than before but not by much. to his disappointment it seemed it would take many more mana cores for her to evolve.

Aerwyn stayed in the darkness and thought about how Rorik's soul grew by so much when he replenished his soul. He wanted to try it with Teek, Rin, and Ren but he needed way more souls to feel comfortable with attempting that again. After he finished dealing with the goblins to the south he decided to try growing Teek's soul the same way he did Rorik's and if it worked next would be Rin and Ren.

Opening his eyes he had Rin and Ren eat their mana cores before heading back into the darkness and watching the process again. The process repeated the same way as Teek which is what he expected. After his little experiment he was greeted by Erit and the spiders waiting outside.

”Why did you leave the city?” Aerwyn asked her.

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”I was trying to be a good spider and hunt for my master. Was i wrong?” Erit spoke using her magic voice.

”...Stop with the voice Erit. I didn't send you out last night because you don't know what Sera, Jeren, or Tylin look like. If you ran into them and attacked, you would be dead and i would have wasted years trapped in the darkness to bring you back.”