Misty laughed at the absurdity of losing the trial because you used a piece as a support to help stand up, while Cara pointed at the Immortal's reflection in their viewing bowl and mocked his idiocy.
There was nothing they could do about it, the trial conditions had been set by Matilda, and they were just here to observe.
{Two percent completion. Reward Granted.} The ssage on the wall declared. The Immortal looked hopeful that he might still get sothing aningful out of this trip.
However, he had not accounted for the fact that this puzzle had been created by a Legendary Chaos Dragon. There was no way that he was getting out of this without at least being made fun of a little bit.
A mont after the notice arrived, the Immortal was granted his "reward" in the form of a Mythic Rank mage staff and a small wooden box.
"Well, I got sothing from it. I might not know what the puzzle is making, but perhaps this is...
Fucking with . It is fucking with ."
Cara laughed hysterically, letting her voice echo through the puzzle room as the Immortal realized that he got a staff of [Levitation] and a fancy box of tissues.
Misty winked at them, and then fog filled the puzzle room and the Immortal vanished.
"That was fun. I think that I'm going to like having the puzzle here until it is claid.
Now, where were we?
Right, we had just finished with you rescuing yourself, and now I should likely send you back ho. Or we could go on a small adventure?"
Cara raised one clawed paw, and the Dragon nodded. "That's two votes for an adventure. Majority rules."
She was about to do sothing when Matilda walked into the room, Legendary Ranked and looking like she hadn't slept in a week.
"Don't go causing any more trouble, I need to deal with things in the Immortal Realm for a bit. Just send them back, and you can go on an adventure another day." She instructed.
Misty sighed. "Fine. But only because the puzzle room you made was so much fun."
"How did he do?"
"He tripped with a piece in his hand and failed at piece three."
Matilda smiled and shook her head. "He's never going to live that one down." Her gaze seed to burn into Karl's very soul as she examined him.
"You're getting close to Immortality. We definitely need to send you back so that the others can be where they need to be before you ascend."
Cara huffed, and the dragon patted her furry head. "You too, but you already know the schedule."
The fact that the two Chaos affiliated beasts could keep secrets from him was a never-ending headache for Karl, who was used to simply eavesdropping on his bonded partners' thoughts.
"You should probably prepare yourself to have your soul ripped apart. Oh, and eat sothing, this is going to require energy." Misty warned.
Karl wasn't sure what she ant, but he did what she suggested anyhow, and grabbed a snack while ntally preparing for pain.
The shift through ti was no worse than usual, perhaps even more smooth than he rembered it being.
But the mont that he arrived, that peaceful state changed.
With his extra understanding and the gains he had obtained, he had gotten out of balance with Dana, and the Soul Bond was forcibly equalizing them. It used the energy that he had stored, both ntal and magical, to complete the process, so that Dana was brought up to his level.
But it was not a gentle or asured process.
The bond wanted to instantly fix the imbalance that he had caused during weeks away from her.
However, Dana wasn't the only one affected. Karl had built up a huge amount of energy in the beast spaces with everyone gone, and the change hit them like a truck, startling Leo so much that he retreated into his shell, instinctively hiding on the island in his space.
Misty had brought them to the Drodh Guild House, and the arrival of Karl with an overload of power was enough to shake half the city out of its exhausted
stupor.
They had returned to only minutes after they had left, and the city had been destroyed by an Immortal Realm invasion only days earlier, by their perception. Having soone with imnse power appear unexpectedly was enough to cause panic attacks before they realized that it was Karl, and that he lived there.
"You might want to put your aura away, you're freaking out the locals." Tessa reminded him in a dry tone.
"Sorry, I've been letting it out for a while, and I forgot."
With his aura dampened, it wasn't nearly as unnerving for everyone else in the area, and the city of Drodh began to relax a little. The only ones who didn't imdiately try to go back to sleep or back to work were the mbers of the Darklight Host, who rushed out to welco the Branch Leader back.
Matron Blackclaw, the Orphanage Leader in the workshop caverns of the Drodh Guild House, ca out smiling.
"Lord Karl, welco back. We were expecting you to be gone longer than a few
minutes." She laughed.
"Ti is relative when you've got a Temporal Dragon on your side." Karl agreed,
then realized that Misty had vanished again.
He couldn't find her with Soul Sight, so she might have left for another ti and place. Or she might be able to actually hide from him. There was a lot that he didn't understand about the powers of that dragon.
"Did you gain what you were hoping for?" The red dragon asked.
"I did. I am incredibly close to full comprehension of a Fundantal Rule now. Once I get there, it's only a matter of ti before I reach true Immortality."
Tessa and the others stared at him in envy, while Karl patted Cara on the head
to distract her from checking everyone's pockets.
The contents would be the sa as when they left, anyhow.
"New spells?" Dana asked hopefully.
"So incredibly good ones, yes. Where are the healing tree and the bear? Everyone should hear this at once."
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