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[Haspen]

"Maybe she went looking for treasure... I would prefer having her here though. Ayzebel?" Prince Aliberti shouted toward the exit from the half-finished dungeone-y bandit hideout.

[GiglameshDespair]

Ayzebel, scene enter.
"Yes, I'm here. Did you find the target?"

[Haspen]

"Turned out to be a traitor, and paid for it." With that said, Akk began a slow march back to Fort Arrival, with Prince Aliberti in tow.

"Whoever wishes to stay, raise their hand!" With a little giggle - and not raising her hand - Princess Rosana went after the two.

[Swordstar]

Kerr slowly rose to his feet and nodded thanks to Irios. Following after the prince, he glanced back and shook his head.

"A traitor and some bandits. Fitting company in death I suppose."

[Haspen]

"Baffles me the logic of being a bandit in such a hell considering what kind of equally hellish laws they have in here..." Akk the Centaur scoffed at the remark.

The group made their way to Fort Arrival, leaving the purged bandit's nest behind...

But...

...a while later...

_"Uuuhhh..." Morko, seemingly uninjured, slowly woke up and sat amongst bodies of his ill-fated companions.

"What the... how am I still alive?..." Morko touched himself a little, but indeed his wounds were gone.

"You're alive because I healed you." Morko quickly stood up, sword drawn and pointed at the stranger.

"And who the heck are you??"

"My name is Leon Eshever. I'm here to give you a chance... for revenge... to change the course of history... history of many worlds, in fact."

"...what kinda bunch of shrooms are you on?" The stranger let out a tired sigh.

"It will take a while to explain, but I will gladly tell you everything you wish to know - at a later time. For now what's important is that I offer you to join our crusade against him."

"Him?"

"The red-haired one. Prince Aliberti. The Destroyer of Worlds."

*KZZZZT*

Several lengthy hours later...

"...And you cut off children's hands too!?"

"No matter the age, gender or station, the criminals are treated equally in the Empire's land. A theft, be it from a coffer of silver from royal treasury or a bag of fungi from a granary, costs the thief both hands."

"Now that's just downright cruel!"

"Really I have to agree with my sister on that. Did you try... being lenient?"

"Yes. During the reign of second-to-last Emperor, before the current one... Godhias the Kind-Hearted loosened the punishments for all crimes, except, of course, murder."

"Aaand?"

"The amount of crime quadrupled in span of two yearly cycles."

"..." Clearly unable to continue on the topic, the royal siblings dropped it. And just in due time; they were back at Fort Arrival! Akk brought them to the elderly official, explained the situation, and the old man patted his beard thoughtfully.

"Well, that does complete your mission. I have offered to repair your magical trinket, and I intend to keep my end of bargain. Can I have it?" Aliberti handed the shattered mirror to Nathal, who nodded.

"Give me few hours and I will fix it." The old man wandered back into his office, whilst Aliberti sat down on a rock protruding from the cave floor near the artificier's house.

"It's the waiting that is worst thing in all this."

[Swordstar]

Kerr slumped down against the wall close by the prince but not right next to him. The words of Noel in the icy land still rung in his head...

[GiglameshDespair]

"Here, Irios. I found this. It doesn't seem like a poison I recognise."

She held out the bottle of mushroom elixir for his observation.

[Haspen]

"That would be fungus tonic." Akk emerged from the artificer's office.

"A mixture of helpful fungi, anti-toxin mold and some minerals. A strong medicinal brew."

[GiglameshDespair]

Ayzebel glanced at the horseman for a moment.
"...I see. Thank you, Akk."

[Powder Miner]

Giuseppina too chose a spot on the wall to settle on, if perhaps not so close to the prince... and after a couple of minutes, she began to slooooowly slide sideways, apparently having fallen asleep.

[GiglameshDespair]

Ayzebel idly watched Guiseppina in her slide, wondering if she'd wake up before she hit the ground.

[SeriousConcentrate]

Noel immediately got his journal out. It was as if one moment he was standing against the wall, arms crossed, and in the next he was by the centaur with quill poised to take notes without moving at all.

"A powerful medicine you say? Can you describe what its properties are, and how one makes it?"

[Powder Miner]

The answer apparently was yes... albeit too late to stop herself, as the little jolt of waking up sent her actually falling to the ground with a surprised squeak.

[GiglameshDespair]

"..."

[Haspen]

"No." And then he wandered away.