🗣️ "Is ... is it ... dead?"
Celina, still with a strong need of throwing up, barely responded.
🐺 "What do you fucking think"
Kael was the first to step out of his giant grass blade, as he slowly approached the black-stained ground where the eye-invaded goblin exploded.
The sunset light made the imagery ever so slightly more tolerable to look at.
🗣️ (This black substance could help us understand them better)
🐺 "Kael stop, what are you doing"
👻 "You're not planning on picking up that goo, are you"
🐺 "Leave that alone, we're no longer in danger so don't put us in unnecessary danger. For all we know, that goo could infect us"
🗣️ "It's gonna be fine, the only way I've seen the infection spread is when they inject one of their many eyes into a victim's body"
🐺 "Leave that alone. Now"
Kael ignored their request, the pursuit of knowledge was too tempting not to do something about it. He reached onto his pouch hoping to find something to pick the substance with. Nothing to be found, the jar he used to have was given to Andrew to make him blend with the vampire clan alredy. He looked around. No cottonvines nearby to knit.
🗣️ "Well there's gotta be some way to pick this up in a non-risky way. Fine, I'll let it be, but just because I don't have anything to pick it up. Let's keep going, the townsfolk could need help"
Celina knew how decisive he was about this, and decided to make a backup plan in case he tried to pick it up some time again.
They arrived at the Flame Canyon after some time traversing through the Titanic Hollow. The Orc Mines were inside, visible from the entrance of the Canyon. They started their descent, and the heat started to get them. Being the Flame Canyon, all the lava at its bottom heats the air up just enough to be uncomfortable but survivable. The human had no choice but to leave the torch behind, any extra heat would just make them even more uncomfortable, and the lava gave enough light to not need one anyway. The more they descended, the less moonlight got to them, as the ceiling above deprived it from getting inside the canyon. At last, they arrived at the Orc Mines inside the canyon. The orc guards immediately got into a hostile position, but didn't move from their location.
🐲 "What do you want" one of the guards said.
Kael cleared his throat.
🗣️ "We heard the goblin town evacuated here after being attacked. We're here to investigate and help them"
🦎 "Kael?" - a goblin showed up - "what are you doing here? Did you go to the town?"
🗣️ "Yeah, we found a small group of survivors there, they told us we could find the rest of the town here. Is everyone alright?"
🦎 "Guards, let them in. Come on, we're this way"
The guards left their hostile position and opened up the way. The minecart system was not as robust as it used to be, but there was a clear improvement ever since the zombie army destroyed it the last blood moon.
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