- Realizing that they needed to quell the growing resistance and find Princess Bellinda, the villains decided to take certain steps.
- First, they set a bounty on information and invested 100,000g in the ransom fund.
- Second, they assigned 8 members of their secret police to infiltrate the resistance.
- They assigned two per major city and gave each member a Ring of Mind-Shielding.
- Each team was also assigned a clay seal, to be broken when they made significant progress.
- Upon returning to the castle, the evil-doers were told that a wizard would like to see them.
- They did not recognize the wizard at first, but quickly realized who he was when he revealed himself.
- Liare Lagaria had come to collect on their debt.
- But instead of collecting the gold, the remaining favor, or the girl, he came to collect something else…their souls.
- He revealed that this had been his plan all along, to “tend” to them until they were strong enough for “harvest”.
- Liare also revealed that he was not alone. He had brought Davriel Devilscry, but reborn as a Graveknight.
- The wizard also revealed that Tsunggo’s “child” was a reborn Chaya Devanshi but as a vampiric Graveknight.
- Liare gave them one chance to surrender their souls willingly.
- He was rebuffed.
- He shrugged, expecting this, and his group all drew their weapons…
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