Book 5, Chapter 14 (1/2)
Autus crossed in the hollow of her tree The beautiful young wo weak The efforts of the last few days had been a lot for her to bear on such frail mortal shoulders She had yet to fully recover froan to change Her lashes fluttered and her eyelids rose, revealing a baleful glare Radiating haughty superiority, the aniely hot space warbled before her and two figures appeared from the ether
“Sorry to bother you,” Cloudhawk said byfroo seeot a lot this time, several relics – maybe even one you can use Want to take a look?”
The Shepherd’s God affect was tepid and expressionless She hardly thought Cloudhaould bring back anything powerful enough to pique her interest Unless he’d unearthed so like her flute, then it didn’t ht Yet as she was preparing to turn her back on the pair so did catch her eye
It was one of the spirits hellflower had ed to capture
The scientist explained “This is so”
“This is a phantas Godly spirit and mental power,” Autumn corrected “They live only under very specific circumstances You humans cannot unlock the mysteries of these phantasms, only the Gods can analyze their nature”
Autuer “Could we impose on her Majesty the Shepherd Goddess to help us?”
She did not refuse, but her response was a dis look
“Majesty, please forgive any offense We found so you may be able to help us identify it” hellflower produced sohtly in cloth When she removed the layers the arauntlet had been re flesh much like that of a human’s However it was entirely hairless, without any blemish, like it was carved from marble hellflower presented it to Autumn with both ar tribute “Please see for yourself”
The former God expressed satisfaction with hellflower’s obsequious manner Whether or not she really believed it, she was at least showing the Shepherd God the proper respect
When she looked at the limb her brows furrowed “This is a God’s ar with a bunch of relics This proves that whatever world that was had some connection to ours Gods were there once, as its history?” Cloudhaanted to know the answer, and Autuive it to him She was, after all, once a God “Have you been to this world? Do you knoho this arh he were an idiot “Please spare me your sience, do you think you can co of Godly history?”
Cloudhawk’s curiosity endured “So did I guess wrong? If the Gods never went to that world, why did we find a Temple, these relics, and an arm?”
“You found various Godly relics I ask you, did you find any trace of demonic presence?”
“I… not yet”
“Not yet, not ever”
“Why would be able to find Godly relics but not demonic ones? Can you just speak clearly?”
Autuid response over her shoulder “That’s all I’ll say Figure out the rest yourself!”
Cloudhawk hated when people talked in riddles, and especially when they only gave him part of the information If she wouldn’t tell him, it wasn’t like he could put a knife to her throat and force her to speak He wasn’t so bold
hellfloas happy enough with their revelations, though The genetic material she found in this limb would do wonders for her research Autu her discover in
Despite not getting all the answers he wanted, Cloudhawk had indeed made out like a bandit as well Over the next several days he spent his tied to fix some of theathering relics was getting easier Soon he would have what they needed to outfit a contingent of demonhunters
Now all they needed was for Claudia to train some up From now on, the title was ‘demonhunter’ wasn’t exclusive to the Elysian lands
To Skycloud, Cloudhawk’s actions were ht destroyed the city, and est warriors He was proving to everyone that wastelanders could do anything the Gods could Their precious Gods were not the absolute authority they pretended to be
A few days later
The old drunk returned to Greenland City after seven days on his mission He had secretly eliminated the more troublesome factions in the four cities and helped establish leaders ere sympathetic to Greenland’s cause The four cities, at least ostensibly, were under their control now