While he was training, Dhruv noticed that Lyra and Thala were standing beside him. They were looking at him so he imdiately paused his training, turned to look at them, and said,
"Why didn’t you tell when you had already arrived?"
Hearing the question, Lyra smiled and replied, "We noticed that you were deeply engrossed in your training, so we decided not to disturb you."
Sigh!
"That’s okay, but please rember to inform next ti," Dhruv replied.
Lyra and Thala both nodded at the sa ti after hearing Dhruv’s request.
"Alaric told you were looking for ," Lyra reminded Dhruv.
"Yes, I have so questions I would like to ask you," Dhruv said after recalling the reason he had summoned Lyra.
"Ask anything, my Majesty."
Dhruv was about to remind her not to address him as ’Majesty’ but decided against it, understanding that it might take so ti for her to change her habit. He believed that she would eventually start calling him by his na or sothing more casual.
"I want to know how much food and water you guys have," Dhruv asked.
After hearing the question, Lyra paused and began to think. After so quick calculations, she replied, "After setting aside the gifts we have prepared for you, we will be left with two days’ worth of water and three days’ worth of food."
’I haven’t even checked the gifts they have brought for . So, there was food in those baskets, that makes sense,’ Dhruv thought as he recalled the baskets of gifts every family had given him after they had arrived on the island. Due to all the tasks at hand, he had completely forgotten about them. Making a ntal note to inspect those gifts and thank everyone, he redirected his attention to the ongoing conversation.
"That ans two days’ worth of rations, right?" He repeated, knowing that water was even more crucial than food, and they didn’t have a source of it on the island anymore.
The water he had been drinking until now had co from the prison water tank. He would still have had plenty of water if it weren’t for the fact that their plumbing system had been destroyed, and there wouldn’t be any water left in it anymore.
’Even while living near the sea, I had to think about water. What an irony,’ Dhruv thought, and he glanced at Lyra, who was nodding in agreent at his words.
"From your vision, do you, perhaps have an exact date when the third quest will start?" Dhruv asked.
Dhruv asked this question because he wasn’t sure of the exact date when the third quest would begin. If he were to follow the sa principle and count the days between the end of the first quest and the start of the second quest, then there would be enough food and they wouldn’t have to worry about it, as the ti it would take for the third quest to start would be just two days.
However, Dhruv was sure that the Cosmos wouldn’t follow it’s own principle and there sure was going to be a problem. That’s why he was striving to gather as much information as possible to be prepared.
"No, I don’t have an exact answer, my lord," Lyra replied with a hint of disappointnt in her words.
"Ohhh! I guess we have to be prepared for the worst in that case, " Dhruv said. After thinking for a while he looked at Thala and said,
"Thala, please go and instruct the carpenters to patch up the hole in the ship," Dhruv instructed.
While giving the instructions, Dhruv looked toward the sea and thought, ’I guess, It’s finally ti to see the world again.’
"But, my lord, where will we get the wood for the patching? There isn’t any excess wood on the ship we can carve out, I could temporarily seal the hole with my magic, but I’m not certain how long I can hold."
Hearing the question, Dhruv gazed at the ruins of the prison and replied, "I think we should be able to find enough wood there."
...
A group of ten people was advancing toward the ruins in hopes of finding any remaining wood. The group consisted of all ten of Lyra’s bodyguards, all of whom were Tier 3. They had decided to go as a group and not individually because Dhruv had suspected that there might still be so monsters left in the prison.
"Let’s go," Thala announced, and all of them began to move toward the ruins.
The mont they entered, a strong stench of rotting corpses struck them. They didn’t stop or even attempt to hold back their vomiting, as there was no reason to do so. They were quite immune to this type of scenario.
They began to move deeper into the prison, proceeding cautiously. After walking for a while, they ca across an area that was completely devoid of any light. Before Thala could suggest lighting a fire, soone attacked them from the darkness.
A blob of web ca flying in their direction and caught one of their companions. The group instantly beca even more vigilant, and the one with fire affinity quickly cast his spell: Fire Torch.
A ball of fire ignited and started hovering in front of the group. The caster commanded the ball to proceed forward. The ball did as it was commanded and began to move forward.
Two group mbers began to guard the one who had beco ensnared in the spider web, while the other seven focused on the fire. Luckily, the web wasn’t poisonous; its sole purpose was to immobilize their target.
As the fire traveled further, the scene beca increasingly grueso. There were multiple mutilated corpses of goblins and spiders, all bound in a layer of web, presumably left for future consumption.
One of the mbers was about to inspect the corpse when so type of liquid attacked him. Because he was already vigilant and had anticipated such moves, he easily dodged the attack and managed to catch a glimpse of the attacker.
"It’s a spider," he inford everyone.
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