"A Quarlian huh?" Vonder says, his voice filled with a small amount of surprise though it's clearly not over the creature but rather the mask in his hand. "Strange seeing one this far from the northern isles... though I suppose stranger things have happened."
"Like not being able to sense it for starters..." Aida groans, happily lying back in Eileen's hands as the girl stares at her with fascination, clearly never having seen a creature like her so close before.
"What I'm more curious about is this spellcraft." Vonder replies, lightly holding the mask above his head, trying to take in every possible angle of it. "This is beyond any magic I've seen... even the keepers of fate would have a hard time creating something like this."
Lily nervously looks over at Vonder "Is it really that powerful?" she asks, mentally making a note of just how powerful Six could possibly be.
He did that with little effort after all.
"It is!" Eileen chimes in with a smile. "Containing any creature that can alter reality like that is incredible! But being able to turn it into a transformation item? That's unheard of."
"Transformation?" Lily asks, now glancing warily at Six who was walking alongside her.
Just what had he made?
"It's just what it sounds like, a mask that'll turn you into the object or creature it was created from... or in this case, contains." Vonder loosely says while placing the magic on his hip. "Though, I've never heard of anyone being able to make a creature as fierce as this into such an item."
"Really? It didn't seem that strong to me... just a random monster." Lily quietly says, quickly earning Vonder's attention.
"That thing snuck up on me, me." he states with a bit of frustration. "I am a trained hunter, I've noticed even the slightest shadow movement, even the best camouflage can't hide a creature from me! Whatever that did to get to us, it wasn't normal... even by Quarlian standards."
"Yeah, you should see his work normally." Aida happily cuts in. "Not even a group of Quarlian's stood a chance when he was on the case! So that's how you know this one wasn't normal."
"And that's precisely why I contained it instead of outright executing it." Six said to Lily, his voice seemingly slightly amused at the others around him. "Keeping it contained for now will allow us to study it further later."
Lily nods a little, relaying what Six said to the others. "Well, since it's contained we can study it later."
"I suppose we could if you are this adept at magic." Vonder calmly replies while keeping an eye on the path forward. "It's otherwise impossible to examine it unless one of us uses the mask."
"I can do it, don't worry!" Lily proclaims, causing even Six to look at her. "I'll just need a little time to rest up first, that's all."
"Alright, that works out anyway." Vonder calmly replies, though from his lack of enthusiasm it's clear he's a bit more skeptical of this whole thing. "You can take the little one here back to the guild, get her settled and when tomorrow comes around we can examine the creature."
"Right, you've got it bossman!" Lily awkwardly says, trying to ease some of the tension but only earns an odd look from Vonder and a sigh from Six.
The rest of the walk back was filled with an uneasy silence, only broken on occasion by Eileen chatting idly with Aida.
Lily was primarily left to her thoughts, trying to figure out what exactly to do.
Perhaps it'd be best to rely on Six more often, his magic was incredible... and he did return control to her as promised.
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Astral Flow
FantasyA world in its dying days, the end of the world being held back by a powerful lord, death and decay slowly overtaking the world. That was the premise for the new full dive game anyways, one inspired by RPGs of the past. An interesting enough premi...
