399 Truth of the Greis Elves (1/2)
Jack turned to his party members and asked, ”Do any of you want to come with me to see Eedaj?”
”I will.”
”I already knew that, Daliea,” Jack chuckled. ”Anyone else?”
”I'm going to stay here and train with Dragov.” Bowzer hurried over to the massive centipede and shouted, ”Dragov! Can I attack you with everything I've got?”
”Go ahead, Bowzer. I'm always willing to help a friend.” Dragov bowed his head, respecting the fierce look in Bowzer's eyes.
While Bowzer started to activate his flame body, the party started to ascend the stairs. Everyone wanted to tag along with Jack, excluding Phoro who immediately returned to his nest along with Appa, who had also made himself a nest.
Soon, the party was in front of Eedaj's personal courtyard and knocked on the door.
”Come in.”
The party entered the main chamber and found Eedajwaiting for them. Lina enjoyed the comfy leather couches that Eedaj had brought from Korten as the rest of the party paid close attention to Jack and their host.
”I'm guessing you'll be asking about my people and the turmoil they faced long ago…” Eedaj looked to Jack, who nodded. ”Very well… I'll try to not ramble but still give you the information that you're seeking, Jack.”
Eedaj pulled a pot from cooking fire between the couches and poured himself some tea. He took a sip. Then, he placed the pot back over the fire. Finally, Eedaj sighed and looked back to Jack.
”It was long ago, before a majority of the gods were even deities. Your father, Sterfen, was only a demigod when this took place.” Eedaj hesitated before continuing, ”After Halmut and Skaryn came Moranti. After them came Lyrun and finally myself.”
Blinking, Jack asked with a smile, ”You were the fifth god?”
”If you're not counting your grandfather,” added Eedaj. ”The sixth god was the first of a large batch of demigods to arise at the time. He was regarded as the most powerful genius of that generation, a generation far after my own. And since he had just joined the Holy Gods, he was quite cocky and boasted about his powerful bloodline, stating it was second only to Halmut's”
”What bloodline did he have?” asked Jack.
”He was a Magma Dragon.”
”The same as Naparn?”
Eedaj nodded. ”In fact, it was Naparn's elder brother. But that's beside the point… That sixth god, as idiotic as he was, decided to push the limits of stupidity. I had called him out a few times for acting without reason, only for Lyrun to shelter the immature god.
”For that reason, we had built a city in another country, where Stladen stands now. But that emerging nation never had a chance to rise… At the time I was preoccupied by Lyrun, who was trying to sway me to join the Holy Gods. I had no clue that he was merely distracting me while the foolish dragon dared attack my people… By the time I came home, the place was in ruin and not a single building stood…”
Dark energy began to swirl around Eedaj, leaking out from rage. The god took another deep breath and a sip of tea, calming that energy.
Eedaj continued, ”It was then that I could no longer forgive my brother nor the Holy Gods for backing that dragon's efforts. I used my personal spell God's Perspective to track down that fool… And then… I developed my second personal spell specifically to torture and extract every morsel of information out of him…”