34 | ACT II, SCENE VI

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I did not stop, instead sending even more fire to feed the glowing flames. The Keep began to glow like an inferno, great and mighty and coated with flames which wound around the posts like giant serpents. Showers of sparks radiated as the walls began to spit and sizzle, devouring everything in their path. The gold finally began to melt.


CARLEIGH PALACE, SUNCAIRN, ELLESMERE

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CARLEIGH PALACE, SUNCAIRN, ELLESMERE.

ERIC

"YES, YES. IF YOU ASK me, yes. I definitely heard rumors of the existence of a device called the Goldberg Logogram," Helios ominously whispered to me, even though there were just three people in the room.

Helios being Cosmo's eldest and only son who had helped him in the Titanomachy against the dreaded Titans, I had invited him home to talk about the Logogram. The day god's help could be useful in this, besides he already had experience dealing with the terrifying members of House Tytos now locked away in Seattoria.

"It's not a rumor. We verified that it is true," I explained. I passed to him the ancient letter we had found under Steffith, clearly outlining Pandora's plan to complete the destructive device and kill Endollon.

Beside Helios sat his wife, Cosmo's eldest daughter, Nyx. With dusky skin, midnight black hair and lush hips, she was the goddess of the nocturnal night hours. Her pitch black eyes sparkled as they read the translation of the Cicada code I wrote out for the both of them.

"I... cannot believe it," she firmly concluded. "The stories of the Titans waking up are tales told to scare younger children. Jokes, in fact."

"Well, if you read this..." I glanced over it, "it is not a joke."

"It makes no sense," Helios said firmly, sitting upright. "Just like a joke."

"Obviously. What is this nonsense about this gate? Opening for ten moonlit hours when the hour strikes eight," Nyx stated with a glare. The night goddess was clever and resourceful, yet her eerie demeanor sometimes threw me off.

I willed myself to be calm and patient, and then took a deep breath.

"Let me explain to you both what the letter means. Apparently, a Titaness has been let loose from her chains in Seattoria. She supposedly found this letter which her mother, Pandora left her. Pandora created a backup device called the Logogram to bring her family back to Endollon in case they were killed. We know that the Logogram has three or four pieces - one hidden in Endollon, one in the mortal world and one in Seattoria-"

"But we already know all of this," Helios interrupted, chortling. His bright blue eyes sparkled as he snorted.

"You do not. The first piece is buried in Endollon. On Vezort Island."

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