434 The Eye of Khione (1/2)
Tai'Qui nodded slightly. ”With your perception, I could train you to the Nemesis level very quickly. You have an outstanding elemental adaption.”
Nix took out a low-level rat puppet and handed it to Tai'Qui. ”Any chance she could see us through that eye?”
”She probably could if she focused specifically on it. She may have hundreds of these implanted into her people.”
Nix frowned at her words. ”Could this be done without someone knowing?”
Tai'Qui shook her head. ”No.” The Earth dragon looked at the rat in her hands. ”This a present?”
Nix shook his head. ”Whatever you did to that eye, I want the same thing done to this puppet.”
Instead of asking why Tai'Qui immediately formed a second mudpie around the rat puppet and then handed it to Nix. ”There it is.”
[Mud Encased Nether Rat]
Nix took a seat on the grass and focused on the puppet. A moment later he found himself in complete darkness. Instead of being bound and unable to move, the earth spell created a small space void of light or sound. He scurried several steps in one direction before running into a barrier. After following it around, he estimated the space to be about twenty meters in diameter.
He uninhabited the puppet but stayed seated. ”That spell created a small space?”
Tai'Qui's warm eyes showed her surprise. ”You were able to enter?”
Nix nodded. ”No sound or light, perhaps twenty meters across.” He opened up his animator menu and set up a quick queue.
[Mud Encased Nether Rat][Mud Encased Eye]
During this process, one of the Earth enchantments will be removed. You may choose which one remains. Nix selected the Enchantment surrounding the rat puppet and then finished the process.
Tai'Qui watched as one of the mudpies vanished from sight. Her curiosity piqued, Nix came at things from unexpected directions, his intentions were hardly ever clear. ”What did you do?”
Nix held up the mudpie containing the Nether Rat. ”I've placed the eye in this puppet.”
[Mud Encased Rat Minion]
Description: Unidentified.
/Alpha: Ronnie: What's the play here, Nix?
/Alpha: Nix: I'm going in.
Nix focused on the puppet, immediately the world around him vanished and was immediately replaced by room made of ice.
A tall woman clothed in white robes was seated on an ice throne. Both her skin and hair was the color of snow, her crystal blue eyes shimmered in the torchlit room. ”Where is Seibel?”
A Fir'Dhassi man shook his head. ”No word, your Eminence. There has been no sighting of him, his father has been searching for clues since his disappearance.”
The man who spoke turned slightly causing Nix to immediately recognize him, it was Tura Zen Dar. He smiled malevolently at her words. ”I will do so immediately.”
Nix dropped the inhabitants and accepted Fajii's hand up. ”How's the Pathfinder team doing nowadays?”
Gideon had already completely recovered and was watching Nix. ”Ready and willing.”
Nix handed the Assassin the mudpie. ”Long term mission for you and your team.”
Gideon turned the pie over in his hands. ”What do I do?”
”When you inhabit this puppet, you can see into Khione's throne room.” Nix's statement caused everyone to stare at him in shock.
Tai'Qui seemed to be the most surprised. ”You saw her? In her fortress?”
Nix nodded and placed a hand on Gideon's shoulder. ”You will take this and monitor it regularly. Only for a short period of time each day, cycle the turns through the other members of your group.”
Gideon stowed the mudpie in his inventory. ”Anything else?”
Nix nodded. ”I have a target for you. Tura Zen Dar, the Leader of the Dar Clan.”