Chapter 37 Durilium Diamonds (1/2)
An Aquarion healer named Meera cast a cleanse on the Trifelez King.Within a few seconds, his lucidity returned.
King Gormick was a young ruler, at twenty-five he was a decade younger than the rest of the Broyan rulers.His pale face and shock of curly black hair made him appear even younger. He shook the healer's hand and thanked her without any prejudices.”The Souza Accord has aided us in a time of great need.We shall never forget.”
Nix was standing between Jun Li and Mina.”The woman with the orange clothes... What was she after?”
The Trifelez King studied him for a moment, he knew that this man stood at the heart of his rescue.The Monarch removed his crown and showed them an empty setting before handing the crown to Nix.”She took the Durilium Diamond from its place setting.”
Nix held the crown in his hand, ”it's heavier than it looks.Why not just take the crown?”
King Gormick shook his head and accepted the crown back.”The crown is an artifact, a massive penalty is laid upon anyone removing it from Broyan.”
Nix noticed that the rest of the stones were all diamonds. ”Is there anything special about the Durilium Diamonds?”
The King nodded, ”there are only five in existence.”
Nix cursed under his breath. ”The other four wouldn't happen to be stones set into the otherCrowns of Berma?
Gormick nodded again, ”The Nations of Berma, Safarza, Trifelez, Neptia, and Valis, were all gifted with these rare black diamonds.”
Nix turned to Wind who was standing to one side, ”return to Berma and check to see if their stone is missing.”
Jun Li watched the scout leave. ”Is that what is behind everything?They want those black diamonds?”
Semmi brought up her hud and accessed the forums.”We need an expert opinion.She said she was an artificer right?Those are exceedingly rare, you have to havemining and jeweler maxed out before you can even start.”
The young King considered her words for a moment. ”There's an old Artificer in Safarza, you'll need permission from their monarchy to see him.He's the sitting King's uncle.”
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Darsi untied her ponytail and let her blonde hair fall over her shoulders.Her small one-bedroom apartment at the Lifestyle village had a breathtaking view of the Snowcapped peaks that topped the surrounding mountains.She opened her hand and stared at the glittering black stone.
She left her small apartment and exited into the hallway.It was set up like her old college dorm.Across the hall was an empty room with a picture of a man on it.Above the picture were the numbers 777.”You are way more handsome than your picture Trip-Seven.”
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”How did it go?”A masculine voice spoke from the floor exit.He was a short man bald man, with brown eyes and thick brows.He probably weighed no more than a hundred pounds.
Darsi held out her hand and displayed the stone.”Two down and two to go.”She tapped the picture on the door.”Guess who I saw today?”
The short man grinned, ”so he did escape?”The small man's name was Dalton Moore, he was a computer engineer that was caught hacking corporate secrets.He turned states evidence for a lighter five-year sentence.
Darsi nodded, she wasn't pale like many natural blondes, her skin had a nice olive color, courtesy of the character generation interface. ”He's not just a Tailor anymore, he's become a strong player.Somehow he's figured something out, half of the damn beastmaster bracers I made are now missing.”
”Nothing can be done about that. Did you bring some news?”Dalton looked like a little kid at Christmas.Gladis controlled all the information at the hub since they had the ability to deactivate any part of your hud that they wished.However, that wasn't the case when you left the facility.
Darsi handed him a thick pile of papers.”Those are forum downloads, national news, financials, and sports.”
Dalton took the papers and paged to the forum information first.”How are the beastmasters behaving?”
Darsi scowled, her pretty face looking angry.”They are a bunch of idiots, the sooner we wash our hands of them the better.”
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Jun Li had moved camp from Burma to the Western edge of Trifeleza. With Wind still investigating the Berma Crown, she had decided to send Semmi to Safarza to warn them of what was occurring regarding the black diamonds.She was sitting in the TOC with Tess.
”You look a bit cross, Junie.”Tess smiled at her former guild leader.They had become closer since leaving Salamander.
Jun Li nodded, ”soon as he found out that the Trifeleza portal opened up, he left without saying anything.”
”You're talking about Nix, right?Remember he needs to check up on the Sea-World.They've been there with no access to the rest of Colonial for a few days now.”