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The first night passed, and Leon’s party gathered again to share the information each had gathered.
Leon began by explaining what he had learned of the Winter Serpent. A monster summoned from another dimension, it devoured heat to swell in size and strength, and spawned larvae that infested other beings, twisting them into warped creatures.
Karen and Elahan, hearing about the larvae, recoiled in disgust as Leon had. The fact that they themselves couldn’t be infected did give them some relief, but being aware of the presence of something so repulsive in the water made drinking it far less appealing.
“We’ll need to hurry,” Elahan murmured gravely, her face tense at the thought that once transformed by the larvae, there was no returning to humanity.
Karen agreed, then shared what she had discovered: the suspicious steward in the Viscount’s manor who was clearly a pawn of the Evil Order, and the Aura Master Dayton who had been ensnared by him. She recounted their entire conversation word for word.
“Of all things, we have to worry about a Spearmaster who retired decades ago…” Leon frowned.
“He’s in quite an unfortunate situation, but we can’t let him do this,” Elahan said fi...
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