The Glyph Monado

Ch. 55: The Knee Part 1, The Mines

Luz flew to the knee on her staff, the Monado strapped to her back, the Knee coming into view.

'Not turning back but I'm ready.' Luz thought as she wore her winter clothes.

She landed on the Knee and started to follow the path. If the map she drew from Echo's memory powers was accurate, the mineshaft should be a straight path to lake full of Titan's Blood. As well as some chunks of Fool's Blood along the way, she's gonna need to avoid those or else everything falls apart.

"I do wonder if there is a use for Fool's Blood?" Luz wondered.

It was mainly a trap that could kill anyone by causing earthquakes but maybe Luz could find a good use for it... well Boscha could at least, Luz isn't really good at experimenting, meanwhile Boscha is practically a certified genius.

"Okay, make sure I get a sample for her." Luz said, "And pray that she'll be so happy that she won't turn me into a couch."

Continuing to walk, Luz came upon a mining area with tracks, carts, and somewhat advanced mining equipment. Luz couldn't tell if it was old or new but considering how long it had been since this mine was used, it must've been old.

"They must've mined this place back during the savage ages." Luz said, "I must be getting close."

Looking at a mining device that was close by, Luz gazed at it a bit. It looks simple enough, a mechanical drill on top of motorized cart but since it had to be powered by magic, it must have a beam function or something.

'I can't still work, can it?' Luz thought as she slowly turned a dial, hearing a hum and seeing the drill slowly glow before she turned the dial back to shut it off, 'OKAY! Drills still work, noted.'

Luz hid when she heard voices, one of which she recognized as the Golden Guard.

"This way, the eclipse lake should be just at the end of this mine. And be wary of Fool's Blood." Hunter said as he walked into the mine with Eclipse Enforcer.

"Yes, yes, I am aware of the legends but don't worry. I know the difference between liquid blood and hardened blood." she said as Luz peaked out to see them.

'Who is she?' Luz thought, gazing at the woman in black and blue armor.

Luz watched them go into the mine.

"It seems that Belos got some extra help." Luz said, "I'll have to be more cautious now."

Amethyst nodded to Luz as she retracted into palisman form and slipped inside of Luz's coat so cut down on noise.

"Alright, let's follow them."

Reaching into her pocket, Luz pulled out an invisibility glyph and activated it before following them. Even if they couldn't see her, Luz was still going to strike close to the walls and avoid making too much noise.

"Now, all we need is to get the Titan's Blood and report back to Belos." Eclipse Enforcer said, "As long as the Human doesn't show up, we'll be fine."

"She does have a way of planting her nose in other people's business." Golden Guard said, "Here we are. The Titan's blood should be around here."

"Good, you know what that means, right?"

"I do."

Hunter turned around and used his staff to grab Luz, knocking all the air out of her and making her visible, as well as keeping her from moving.

"Did you really think we wouldn't notice?" Eclipse Enforcer said.

Hunter swung his staff and threw Luz into the cave wall hard enough to break a few ribs.