Chapter 38. A Cold Breakfast

Gwen's point of view

 The abyss, is a faction that I do not understand, for now I know that they are strong, they are trapped by their own faction and that they do not like celestial beings. For some reason the moon goddess wants to free them, but I don't understand why, according to her words, they are beings that instinctively attack the laws and rules, in other words, the gods that reside in this world.

 He has also assured that they will unleash many future events, that also worries me, at this moment, the world, is in a relative peace and the reason for this is because there have been no events in months, if a new event comes back then this little curtain will disappear and we will have again the big wars and not the small quarrels that we are living.

 Lastly and most importantly, the moon recommended us to hire them, so I decided to do so, but, at no time did it specify if hiring them would lead us to the path of salvation or the path of calamity.

 - Hahhhhh!

 - My lady, what is wrong with you, we need to call a doctor, someone call the real doctor! - I seem to have shouted out loud, this Luneth as worried as ever.

 - Luneth no doctor is needed, I'm just thinking of Hel and his - My voice seemed to calm the excited priestess down a bit.

 - I understand, but that's no excuse for not eating any of her breakfast, I thought she was feeling sick.

 I laughed softly and denied.

 - I was just absorbed in my thoughts, tell me Luneth, what do you think of Hel and his followers? -

 - They are strange, one spends the day with the mages, others in the barracks training with the other guards, there is one that sneaks out of town every day, this one always wanders around, never stays more than 5 minutes in the same place, then there is one that we can never tell when he leaves or enters, we can only see him when he leaves us, he literally greets our stealthiest forces, there is also one that is helping in the infirmaries, from what I understand being near him helps heal superficial wounds much faster, lastly that immortal stays in the house provided for them with two of his followers, he is always accompanied by those two, the short one and the other woman is the one with the ponytail to the side, from time to time they go out to the market for food or for a walk - Leva's loud voice echoed in the room, giving that report.

 - Apart from the one sneaking around without being able to detect him, the others are doing what they want, without being too troublesome, even that woman in the infirmary helps more than she bothers, I expected them to be more unruly and troublesome. For now keep watching them Leva and leave aside the one sneaking around, if we can't follow him, then we won't waste resources trying, send the spies to the white woods, I want to know if the turtles are moving, they haven't tried anything for a long time and I'm restless - Leva nodded and gave the orders to a messenger, then stayed by my side as usual.

 - You still haven't answered me Luneth, tell me, what do you think of them? - While I was asking her I started to eat my breakfast, luckily they were fruits and didn't get cold.

 Luneth started to frown for a second and then looked at me.

- They are scary, but I don't think they are really bad at the moment, according to the moon goddess, we won't attract their hunting instincts, in that case they would only attack us consciously, that is, being something planned, so as long as we don't give them any reason to hate us I think we will be fine, besides, with their strength they could have easily killed Leva, when he bothered them about the masks, but in his case they humiliated him and made him some wounds, they even returned him as if nothing happened without demanding anything in return. I think we could get some sort of alliance with them - She still seemed to fear them, but she had suggested an alliance with them, I can see how she believes in their goddess, although she is right that creating a status quo with them would benefit us.

 They as payment for their services asked for a certain economic remuneration, free access to public institutions, besides the barracks, also to be able to leave the city whenever they want, this was a long discussion, since none of the other leaders trust them at all, but in the end I decided to grant it, it seemed that this point mattered a lot to them, so I let them leave, but in exchange I placed them housing where they would stay in the midst of several immortals and natives with great senses, as our spies and scouts, so I would always know if they move and to where.

 - Well, Leva, tell me what we have scheduled for today -

 - Today he has to meet with Marcus, he and his should arrive in a few hours according to his messenger, after that meeting, we need to go over all the non-urgent reports from our scouts and spies, lastly we will feast for Marcus - God, why does Marcus have to come right now, that damn meddlesome bird, he's insufferable, that damn tick.

 - I understand his dislike of the bird but we need him to remain neutral in our conflict against the black shell, his twin flying islands are right in the middle between us and the turtles, also the bastard discovered a method to tame the white rays, if he were to help the turtles with their beasts, they could bring them in just one day to our gates, in that case we would be besieged and with the loss of traders we would suffer from shortages in just a couple of days, at that point we would have lost irretrievably, we can't afford to be besieged, we have to take the war to the surface, where none of us have a clear advantage, only then can we get through this war - As usual, as explosive as a good general, he and I know we can't afford to lose the flow of trade, but that bird I know has been lusting after me for a long time, I can see his lust every time he comes, if it wasn't for that lucky break with the flying manta rays, then we would be fine with sending him to hell.

 - We should invite Mr. Hel to the banquet, it's a good opportunity for all the leaders to get along and improve our image with him - Luneth's lazy voice was like a hammer, not only we had to put up with Marcus, but we also had to improve our relationship with Hel.

 - You are right Luneth, but I am worried about Marcus, he is very stupid and he will look for trouble as he always does, if he tries to look for trouble with Hel... -

 - We would have a corpse without a soul to bury, but he is also good, he exudes some pressure and can help us to keep Marcus at bay, I think it is best to have him by your side ma'am, it will give the impression that you want to maintain a good relationship with him and being accompanied Marcus will not try anything too annoying - Leva's shrill voice ended my words, but the continuation of these surprised me, he was the most annoying with Hel and his people that day.

 At that instant the answer popped into my head.

 - Lidya, right Leva, if I remember correctly she was in the throne room and surely she was also transported to the kingdom of the moon.