Saia examined the prior''s viss over and over again in the silence that followed her words. She carefully picked the most important question from her thoughts, sharp and unrelenting like snake fangs.
"Are you certain? What happened?"
"Completely certain. All of our records and the chronicles in Aressea’s library agreed about the presence of a second mountain. Knowing the families, it makes perfect sense that they would hide their treasure in two places. As for the rest, we don''t know what happened. It was as much a surprise for our monks as it is for you now."
Saia didn''t investigate further. She knew what must have happened: one of the other mountain’s gods had made a mistake and the mountain had crumbled on the people living there.
"This is why we split into two groups," the prior continued. "The monks above want to forget that this whole story ever happened, and make others forget as well. We, on the other hand, want to find out the truth through any means possible."
She tapped the weapon softly.
"But in order to get our people to the other side of the sea, we need to kill the monster, or tame it like the Arissians wish. Provided it''s actually possible, and so far we haven''t found any evidence either way."
Saia forced her mind away from
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tanhata ship in the sea in front of the mountain. It never happened before."
everything. We can’t build a barrier strong enough to stop it. Besides, the strait is barely larger than its body. We think it was the monster itself to create it, and it’s undoubtedly strong enough to do it again. As for its food..."
was you, then. I had my suspicions, after seeing how easily you entered here.”
tanhata clans or by the Ohaten forest, we would."
tanhata territories and managed to stay close enough to the coast?"
wanted that answer, and a thousand others as well. Still, the abbot was coming straight to the prior’s office, and it was too dangerous to be found there.