- There's nowhere else to go! Ayana voiced the obvious, but Claude didn't answer, he needed to focus on the upcoming fight.“Ayana, you will stay here with your things. Use the bag as a shield if the monster passes through me. However, if possible, try to stay as far away as possible. I'll step forward a little and take the fight."He will kill you!""I'm not that easy to kill!" - the mercenary grinned at her words, throwing off the bag."Shut up and don't scream!"With these words, he went towards the monster rushing towards them. I didn’t have to go far, the patter of paws was already clearly felt, from the severity of which the soil vibrated under my feet. Freezing, Claude tightened his grip on the sword and prepared to attack, the main thing is not to miss the moment. The place he chose was not a good one, but here the tunnel turned sideways. So it turned out that he was in ambush, not visible to the enemy. It's just that the crus does not need to be seen. Now they both relied on
- Eat. Let's take a break and move on. I'm not sure, but we'll be on the surface soon. - After thinking, the guy said, it was somehow very awkward to be silent. At these words, Ayana only slightly nodded."Well, okay!" - the mercenary disowned the closed companion and, having finished his portion, went to bed. He has been tired for the past day. Yes, and this meeting with Crows also exhausted him pretty much.The dream flew by quickly and imperceptibly, it seemed that he just closed his eyes and it was time to get up. Grunting and groaning, his muscles numb from the uncomfortable posture, he got up. Aiyana didn't look much better either. "I can imagine what we'll be like when we get to the surface!" the guy mentally chuckled, observing the grubby face of his companion in no less clean clothes.Already habitually holding hands, they again plunged into the maze of transitions, but now their wandering was no longer so unsystematic. Focusing on refreshing notes, Claude invariably followed
"How could this happen? Didn't they wait for them? Did they really believe that they couldn't get out?" Thoughts raced wildly in my head. Resentment, disappointment, broken hope briefly flared up in him, gradually faded away, giving way to the usual relaxation. Well, let. He would find them anyway, they couldn't get anywhere alone. After all, the main component of their group was now with him, sitting at the table and looking around frightened.“So, do you still need a room for the night?” the tavern owner asked politely, giving Claude time to absorb the information.“Yes, and about dinner, order it as soon as possible. We are very hungry.- All right, sir. One more thing, your name is Claude?- Yes.“Then it’s for you, madam, that she described you very reliably.”With these words, the man handed the mercenary a small piece of paper folded into four, sealed with the seal of Leata. That's right, they couldn't just leave without leaving a warning.- Thanks to.Taking the paper, he retu
- Do not sleep! Suddenly a grumpy voice snapped him out of his pleasant reverie....From the doctor's sharp shout, Claude involuntarily shuddered, opening his eyes, which, it turns out, had managed to close. Claude himself did not notice how, unexpectedly for himself, he fell asleep. It was just impossible to sleep.- Look into my eyes!- Why?!Look into my eyes, I say! - The old man sharply repeated, from whose commanding tone, the mercenary was slightly taken aback, not used to such treatment. For many, many years, no one had dared to speak to him in that tone. However, he looked into his eyes. It is unlikely that the doctor began to demand anything from him just like that.- I drank the tincture! The doctor angrily confirmed what he saw. "It's strange ... what could have changed in him."- Yes. How did you know? - The very fact that the doctor understood everything did not surprise Claude, but for the future it is better to know how it manifests itself outwardly.- What's so diffic
— Falcon. Daisyra prompted, following his gaze. For her, this distance was not a problem. - Beautiful.- Yes. And lonely.- How are you!- What did you get?“This is how we met you in that tavern.- When it was. Seems like another life.- Yes. And I'm glad we met.- And I.They had a strange conversation, they seemed to be talking and at the same time not. Pictures of their meeting floated before his eyes, taken apart by the words of the girl, and seeing himself, he looked and did not recognize. Now he was no longer the same person. Claude has changed. Becoming somehow something ... more integral, but still in his chest did not want to melt a tight lump that appeared there in childhood, as if not allowing him to free himself from the cage created by himself.- For me, he is not alone, but strong. Rolk muttered thoughtfully.— Who are you talking about? Caer joined in, also following his eyes sparkling in the rays of the sun, following the bird circling above them.- About both.“We wi
- What the hell! cried Claude with a loud splash as he went under the water. The turbulent river picked up its prey with the joy of a small child who discovered in his power a toy he had long desired. The big man was twisted and twisted, sometimes hitting the side of the shell. Water clogged in his mouth, nose, forcing him to spit, smearing haze before his eyes. You can't give up! Claude remembered that he was not alone in the water, but he did not have time to really see the creature that had so cleverly discounted him. However, this did not give a reason to underestimate her. Ripping up the water with powerful strokes, he forced himself to swim up. Thank the Gods, he did not have time to take aside. The shell, like a native, clung to him, dragging him along, trying in vain to pull him under him. The body already almost did not obey him, bound by a terrible cold. Pushing off from the surface of the water, Claude desperately jumped up in an unsuccessful attempt to grab the edge, feeli
At Leata's remark, Claude only shook his head, as they approached the ruins, Leatrice became more and more irritable and angry. He did not know what was eating her, most likely she was also afraid. After a quick bite, they hit the road. The sounds that accompanied their breakfast didn't help their appetite, and neither did their conversation. In anticipation of a meeting with the owners of these voices, people unanimously grew gloomy, but walked, carefully looking around. It gradually began to get light around, mischievous rays gently ran across the grass, reflected in drops of dew, flashed on people's weapons, playfully looking into their eyes and blossomed with a gloomy rainbow, reflected from the surface of the lake. The one that Leata called the "Lake of the Dead". For what it received such a name, no one knew, but the assumptions were different. Maybe the ancients drowned their dead in it, or maybe this is due to some mysterious story, since the lake was no different from its cou
Aiyana, hurry up. Something is not happening.- One more second. Here it is! - the girl purred enthusiastically, pressing the lever near the capsule, and completely not noticing what was happening around.- We have no time. It's time to go.- Not! Until I find it, I won't leave.- Crap! Is it worth your life?- Yes!Discouraged by the answer, the mercenary fell silent for a few seconds. That's devotion! She could be admired if he and his comrades of life did not depend on her.Tell me what to look for! - finally, unable to stand it, he grunted, finally entering the room and feeling the cold enveloping from all sides.- You don't know the language.But I can see. I'll find it by sight. Show me or we'll all stay here.She did not argue further, obediently showing what symbols she had to find. There were few of them, at most four, of which one was a letter, and the rest resembled modern numbers. It was not even a name, but rather a code. He moved along the nearest shelving unit, running