[i][/i][i][/i][h2][center][b][color=ed1c24]Novak[/color][/b][/center][/h2]
The hunters weren't going to cooperate.  Novak shook his head, frustrated in their refusal to give the information that he and Donovan sought.  He wasn't sure if it was fanaticism or just spite and anger at having been thwarted.

[color=ed1c24]"Think about your situation for a second,"[/color] Novak replied, his voice conveying clear anger.  [color=ed1c24]"Your secret misdeeds have been revealed.  Both the village and the Kyrinth now know that you tried to turn them against one another.  Yet...all need not be lost,"[/color] he said, his anger now subsided.

It was unlikely that they were doing all of this for giggles.  If there was a good reason for their extreme measures, if this seal- or whatever was sealed- was a danger to the village, it needed to be found out, lest the outsiders end up causing even more trouble than they resolved.

[color=ed1c24]You see,"[/color] the reincarnated adventurer continued, [color=ed1c24]"Before he died, one of the other hunters revealed that you protect the seal.  Thwarting your guardianship over it was never our intention, we've only been trying to help the village and protect those who graciously gave us shelter, all the while trying not to be murdered for reasons we don't understand.  We don't need to be your enemy, but if you spitefully withhold what you know, then your duty will go unfulfilled.  Is that what the Illuminator wants?  If, however, you are willing to explain everything, then perhaps someone may take up the responsibility to protect this seal.  If this duty of yours is a worthy cause, then perhaps your machinations need not be in vain."[/color]

In addition to the important matter of finding out why these hunters were trying to stir up conflict with an Elder Beast, Novak needed to know what the Illuminator's agenda was, or at least what his worshipers were up to.  It might not change the deal he had gotten himself into, but he would like to know exactly what role he had picked up when he agreed to recover the orb.

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