[i][/i][i][/i][h2][center][b][color=ed1c24]Novak[/color][/b][/center][/h2]
Novak took a seat by the fire as Enli had suggested.  The things he had to reveal would be something best discussed while seated.

[color=ed1c24]"The hunters told us that the Illuminator appeared to them in person, and told them about the seal, and that it was failing,"[/color] Novak began.  [color=ed1c24]"They claim he said that there's a goddess trapped down there, and if she gets out, the sea will swallow this land, and then that the Illuminator assailed them with nightmares of it happening to get the point across.  I suppose that's how he sunk his hooks into them."[/color]

Novak took a deep breath and glanced away for a moment, before turning back to Enli to continue explaining what he had learned.

[color=ed1c24]"They believed that the seal wasn't eroding on its own, somebody was weakening it, and the hunters were trying to find who was responsible.  They seemed to think it was Lazhira, but the Illuminator recently gave them a new plan.  He told them that if you died, it'd both draw out the culprit and convince the villagers to worship the Illuminator again.  I'm not really sure how I can do to stop the seal from breaking, but I promise you, I will not abandon the village."[/color]

Novak had been hoping that the urgency that gripped him over the last two days would subside if the hunters were dealt with and the Kyrinth's wrath turned away from the village, but that wasn't to be.  They had stumbled right into a potentially apocalyptic scenario and from the sound of it, they had dashed the Illuminator's schemes to avert it.

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