Bloodlines Online

The crystal they brought with them could not only detect places dense with shadow elements but it could also find places where shadow spells had been used.

In this clearing it was burning up, they knew this place was used often as a training ground due to the significant amount of shadow infused mana that would need to be cast to make the crystal react this way.

"So how should we do this? Do you want to search for the mage or wait here?"

The larger of the two demons looked around for some time before shaking her head.

"I\'ll keep looking, im not as patient as you."

"Alright then take the crystal and keep looking I\'ll set up my tent nearby and wait for anything."

She moved deeper into the forest and the larger demon left the area to continue her search.

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Outside of the city a carriage was leaving the city, inside of this carriage were the two priests.

The one who had been injured was relaxing on the seat and using his life affinity to recover while the other was activating a spell scroll to report what happened.

When the spell scroll was activated they could see the Pope looking at them through a surface like glass as if they were just a window apart.

"That was your only communication scroll, i assume this is important?"

The priest bowed and when his friend tried to he immediately stopped him.

"I apologize for our disrespect your holiness but the city lord shattered my partner\'s ribs during the event i must report to you and i cannot let him suffer just to bow."

The Pope waved his hand as if it was nothing.

"Just report what occurred while he heals."

And so the priest recounted the events in the meeting room.

He spoke perfect and truthfully as he knew the Pope had a skill to discern lies.

"I see, so the little half elf wants war with us? Fine let us exterminate the boy and when we find a more suitable member of the family we can promise them the title if they will swear fealty to the church."

~

Deep inside of the forest something was awakening.

The dense mana that flowed into the world had heightened everything in the area and even here where the mana was previously thin and weak it was now so dense that a fog of raw mana was beginning to show itself.

In this forest where the mana was at its thickest point a dripping sound began, this dripping sound was deep within a cave.

Inside of that cave a creature was awakened with its burning red eyes looking for the source of that noise.

It wandered through the cave silently looking for the source and in this cave its eyes were the only source of any light, like a pair of stone covered in luminous moss.

It found the source of the dripping noise and soon a sound of lapping could be heard.

Whatever was dripping in this cave this creature was now drinking and after a few minutes of drinking whatever liquid it found the beast roared.

The roar grew in strength until it shook the woods and made beasts flee in terror.

Something had awakened in the land of Raylock.