They would have needed a few days’ head start to arrive here, meaning whoever told Gradius about this place knew it before we did.”
“But then that begs the question,” said Noah, “who knows that Valon is here, and why would they send Gradius? She held out her hand, and a large needle appeared over her palm, conjured from her knight ring. A stream of arrows was shot with deadly aim, but though they struck the boar between the eyes, they were all deflected by its tough skull. Someone tried to put up a fight and lost.”
Noah and the other elves came aboard and started looking around. “What is it?” Valia asked, amused by the smile on his face. Hey, see that? I joined them because, frankly, they were pretty interesting, and I was bored. Picking the right number of recruits was the first challenge. A small group would lower their chances of success but lessen the blow to Sylphtoria, while a large group would give them more combat strength, but at greater risk to the elven race. Aithorn had seen the device when Noah first explained his origins to the queen. At least… He reached the temple, a towering ziggurat, and began the climb up to Valia’s position.
