Chapter 266 - Peace Treaty (1/2)
”Thanks, Leva, hold the territories as best you can. I want to ensure that you are one of the five ruling Overlords. If there's any doubt, contact me right away and we'll get rid of a few more.”
Leva nodded, her face still showing shock. ”You killed Khan Azul... Sorry, it's thrown me that he could be beaten by such a small force.”
”You have armies from six different Overseers if we count Zylanexor and Belchi. Weed out the weak or those who won't work with humans. Keep me apprised of any changes to the political landscape.”
[Create Breach: Nether Well]
He stepped into the dark chamber a moment later, the carcass hadn't moved from the spot where it was shackled. Rat-King sat calmly waiting for him to return. Nix noticed that the rat-doll looked like it had bathed in blood. ”Why are you covered in blood?”
”Do you know where a Dragon's soul resides Pon the Magnificent?”
”Call me Nix, and I don't care.”
”In our hearts, I just absorbed my soul, to do so I had to consume my own heart. Finally, my dragon body is free.”
Nix glanced at the corpse. ”That's pretty gross, and ugly as hell.”
”I don't disagree. I was an Ice Dragon, the strongest of my kind. That corpse was the result of decades of torture and exposure to Nether.”
”We killed him if that's any consolation.”
Tharaka moved closer to Nix, ”I want to give you something important.”
Nix didn't let his expression change. ”What is it?”
”The location of Icaraphet.”
”It's in Everspire according to the updated map I received from the Cabal.”
The rat shook its head from side to side. ”That's where I landed it initially, however, I had enough strength left to open a Breach to someplace else.”
Nix whistled. ”You opened a Breach big enough to move a city through?”
”Of course. So did Zylanexor, that's how Chyanama came to be in the Nether.”
The reality that the Cabal didn't know as much as they thought they did put a smile on Nix's face. ”You're an Ice Dragon? Can you teach me anything?”
The tiny rat chuckled, ”I'm a rat now and even though you're a fire mage, you'd find my flames deadly.”
”Think so?”
[Aura Ignition: Ice Flames]
”You have the Ice Flames? I sense many different flames in you. I miss the Ice.”
”Where is Icaraphet?”
Rat-King stood on his back legs and waited for a hand up. Nix grabbed the doll and set it on his shoulder.
”Could you bring up a hud Nix?”
Nix brought up a hud. ”Want the map interface?”
”Yes, in Oasis.”
Nix did a doubletake. ”Did you say that Icaraphet is in Oasis?” He quickly brought up a hud map of the Oasis continent.
”Move South of Inuit, about two hundred miles.” The rat's beady eyes studied the map while Nix listened to his directions. ”It will never rise again without assistance from Elynmoor.”
”I've already raised Elynmoor,” Nix admitted.
”You have?” Rat-King paused for a long moment. ”I don't remember the exact coordinates, but there is a deep ocean valley nearly two miles down. That's where you'll find Icaraphet.”
”How much time do you have left?” Nix was aware that his Revenant Rat came with a timer.
”I'm Raka, that's what my friends called me. There's a progress bar in my line of sight that says 2 days.”
”That rat-doll is the best I can do at the moment. I could try to raise my skill enough to make an Emperor rat, but my odds of success would be very low.”
”I promise I will exit this body before the deadline, no matter what.”
”I also have a pretty cool looking Razir.” Nix pulled out the golden creature he had constructed while at Loki.
”You don't have an obsession with rodents do you Nix?”
”Don't think so, besides this is part of the Mustelidae family. They are way cooler than rats.” When Raka didn't show any interest he put it away. ”Will a dragon be able to detect you?”
”Just as a rat. Are we going to see one?' Raka sat comfortably on Nix's shoulder.
”Probably. I'm sure Deidra Mtui will be there.” Nix used two fingers to pick up Raka by the scruff of the neck before placing him on the floor. ”I'm not your chair Rat-King, if I gotta walk so can you.”
[Create Breach: Loki Docks]
Nix stepped through the Breach, closely followed by Raka.
/Oasis System Message: Guild Quest: Discover Everspire has been Updated.
/Oasis System Message: All 12 Pillar Alliance Members have been awarded the Dark Defender Badge.