Chapter 2 - Ceremony of the Broken (part 3)

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"As far as I know, it's the only weapon that has ever hurt an Interfectus. I was nearly killed in the process, but I once broke the surface of that bastard's leg. I don't think any other weapon could have dealt that much force," Lazaro said as he set his warhammer down in the sail-rana.

"Are you serious?! You hurt an Interfectus? I didn't think its skin could even be pierced! That's the most amazing thing I've ever heard."

As Hatasuko stared on at his mentor, he could hear the orchestra of howling voices grow louder in the abyss of his mind. They could feel the sense of hope which now surged through his system, and they grabbed onto this energy. Some of the screams grew hopeful, although they were still unintelligible. Some of the screams cried on as ever before.

"The Interfectus is a demon which wears its shadow skin as armor. There is a spot on its ankle which is essentially the boundary between two plates of armor, and that is where I struck. I snapped the plate of armor and made a shield from its skin," Lazaro explained.

Hatasuko glanced over to the shield inside the sail-rana. It looked like a black, semi-transparent rectangle, though as he looked at it more closely, he saw that it resembled the skin of an Interfectus. It shimmered slightly from the pulsing starlight that pierced the trees above.

"Only an Interfectus is strong enough to block an Interfectus," Vaida said as she walked up to his right side.

"You don't know how incredible this is! You two must be the most powerful people in all of Agrideī," Hatasuko raved with his golden eyes open wide.

"No... I wish. Lazaro may be the most powerful man, but not me. I'm pathetic. I don't know why he even lets me come with. I probably just slow him down. I'll probably just slow down both of you," she confessed with her eyes half-closed.

"Vaida, how could you say something like that? You saved my life back when we-"

"I don't have time for this. We need to finish up quickly. I have a few contacts in Lumipyla whom I haven't seen in ages. There's no sense in wasting time here," Lazaro ordered.

Lazaro walked over to the sail-rana and grabbed the only weapon which Hatasuko had not yet seen. It was the strange-looking sack that Lazaro and Vaida had both carried during the attack. Hatasuko watched curiously as Lazaro finally opened the bag, but to his dismay, the sack was only full of rocks. Lazaro picked up a rock that was about half the size of his big fist, and then he tossed it over to his apprentice. Hatasuko quickly passed the whip into his left hand and caught the rock before it hit the ground.

"So what is this for? Breaking windows?" Hatasuko asked.

Lazaro simply scoffed and shook his head. After he dropped the sack of rocks into the boat, he asked, "Boy, what do you know about the third weapon of the Interfectus?"

 After he dropped the sack of rocks into the boat, he asked, "Boy, what do you know about the third weapon of the Interfectus?"

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