Back to the clan-lands (2)

Avankor's face turned from one of skepticism, to one of shock, then to one of understanding. He seemed to be thinking; "Of course, this is Havon after all." And even after they had trekked a good distance, the look of surprise never left his face.

By this point the decay had spread to Lucius's shoulders, however, he did not seem to decrease in speed at all. It was almost as if he felt no pain.

But that was furthest from the truth. The pain was there, gnawing at him, constantly tempting him to collapse and scream out in pain. What kept him going were the memories of his time in the mindscape. Nothing else in this world would ever be able to compare to that, not even this.

Still, his life was at risk. He could feel his body slowly turning against him, and even the system began to give warning notifications.

[Warning, corruption of core eminent!]

[Warning, corruption of core eminent!]