Mages and Towers (Part 1)

'What does he mean, this time? If the harvest is good and there are no diseases in Kolga, then why does he worry about losing his child?' Lith thought.

'Maybe it's due to the ritual.' Solus thought. 'There's only one strand connecting the Forbidden Sun to the woman so she must be like us, taking the poisonous energy on herself and protecting the baby.

'Yet once it's born, cracking both its life force and mana core might prove lethal.'

'I find it hard to believe that after all this time they have yet to perfect the ritual.' Lith replied while looking around the fields and finding another inconsistency.

He could see barns, stockyards, but no building big enough to host the slaves necessary to fuel the Forbidden Magic ritual.