"[b][color=fdc68a]The gods test us.[/color][/b]" Nadeline grumbled, crossing her arms and scowling.

The return to the Garamsythe Waterway was not a welcome one, so to speak. The smell alone was warrant enough to drive most people away, the seweage a second reason to make most vomit their lunches, and finally, the increased monster activity. Last time they came, there were little more then rats and common lowlife monsters. This time, Nadeline was face to face with an actual Malboro Overking. It wasn't the only thing, however; flan, lizards, ghosts (seeing those would send Emiri to hide behind Jaakuna as he took care of it), and the occasional Baratine Croc would cross their paths.

Finally, she decided to voice said opinion. "[b][color=fdc68a]I never knew there was such a...variety of monsters down here.[/color][/b]" She grimly noted as they recently quelled the Malboro.

For the first time in a long time, Emiri had to agree with her. "[b][color=f6989d]It could be the effect of the Esper, maybe? What [i]are[/i] we dealing with, anyway?[/color][/b]"

"[b][color=fdc68a]Scion created to rid the world of its impurities by swallowing them within himself, in opposition to Nabriales the Majestic, scion of light. The world, however, was more filled with impurity and corruption than even the gods dared imagine, and having swallowed it all, the once beautiful Cúchulainn was transformed into a hideous thing, a deity of filth, and so did he turn against his creators. Wherever his feet should fall, there all life withers to dust.[/color][/b]" Nadeline recited as a response, giving a shrug. "[b][color=fdc68a]I suppose it corrupts and impures things...[/color][/b]"