Chapter 8: Phiam
Jay arrives at the outskirts of Phiam the next day.
Jay: "I better find something here."
Jay walks through a large cemetery.
Jay: "(cocky) Nothing anywhere close to what I've done."
Jay enters the front gate Phiam.
Jay: "This almost feels like Osar."
Jay enters the marketplace.
Jay: "My daggers do need a nice sharpening."
Jay walks to a small blacksmith shop.
Blacksmith: "What's a kid doing in a shop like this?"
Jay puts four daggers on the table.
Jay: "I just need a good sharpening."
Blacksmith: "This metal is pretty cheap..."
Jay: "So?"
The blacksmith puts a dragon scale on the counter.
Blacksmith: "Pay extra and you won't have to deal with dull blades again."
Jay places the more of his money on the table.
Jay: "Better not be lying."
Blacksmith: "My friend is getting his scales ready to temper with your blades in a bit. They'll be ready in a day or two."
The blacksmith takes the daggers to a furnace.
Jay: "I'll be back tomorrow to check."
Jay walks outside.
Jay: "(sighing) I'll see if I can find the inn and book a room."
Jay wanders around Phiam to take in the sights.
Jay: "Really does feel like Osar."
In the Maknanian Palace...
Drake: "He is strengthening his weapons. Smart choice, but he'll need something better in order to be able to save himself."
Drake calls for a soldier.
Drake: "Send one of our largest Impurities to Phiam! Make it fast as well!"
Soldier: "Yes my lord!"
Back to Jay...
Jay: "Here we go."
Jay steps into the inn.
Innkeeper: "Room for one?"
Jay tosses the rest of the money on the counter.
Jay: "Yes."
Jay pauses for a moment.
Jay: "I walked past a cemetery on my way here. Who was buried there?"
Innkeeper: "(sadly) Those who fell when the Maknanians took over."
Jay: "(in head) I will find a way to murder that son of a bitch."
Jay walks to his room.
Jay: "(yawning) I've got time to kill, I'll take a nap."
Jay jumps into the bed with his face in a pillow.
Jay: "(muffled) I'll get up in a bit."
Jay falls asleep, but back in Makna.
Drake: "I have heard that Kros is the laziest of this ragtag group against Lucifer."
A rift opens behind Drake.
Drake: "Speak of the devil."
Lucifer steps out of the rift.
Lucifer: "How goes your search for the dragon god blood?"
Drake: "I haven't found them yet, but I have the perfect pawn to get it."
Drake tells Lucifer his plan to use Jay.
Lucifer: "A tight situation he can't get out of and he is traveling with Jake, who has more than likely met the gods."
Drake: "It's only a matter of time until Kros meets up with them and take the blood and Ayleaus."
Lucifer: "I have always thought that you were the only one to match my level of planning. Boris got cocky and Alcionus relied too much on Agony."
Lucifer sits down on a nearby chair.
Lucifer: "I hope you don't mind me staying here in Drakos for a while."
Drake: "Not at all. I will of course be civil to the one to cleanse Reith of life."
The next day in Phiam...
Jay: "(stretching) That was a good sleep."
Jay leaves the inn after breakfast.
Jay: "I'll go to the shop in a bit."
Jay looks for any loose change.
Jay: "(depressed) I have never known how it feels to be broke until now."
Jay walks around for an hour and only found around 10 gold.
Jay: "Guess I'll head to the shop."
Jay begins to walk to the shop until he hears an explosion.
Jay: "Oh fuck..."
Jay rushes to the direction of the sound.
Citizens: "(panicking) What's that thing?!"
Jay finds a towering Impurity looking down on him with smaller Impurities following.
Jay: "I can fight without my daggers."
Jay pulls out a revolver.
Jay: "Explosive Bullet."
Jay pulls the trigger that explodes, killing several Impurities.
Jay: "You two are next."
Jay gets behind the two remaining small Impurities rushing for him and bashes their skulls together.
Jay: "This one will be a problem."
The large Impurity had smashed several buildings as Jay took down the small fry.
Jay: "I need to strike the legs to lower mobility."
Jay sends an electro bullet at the legs, but the thing is unaffected.
Jay: "Well shit..."
Jay attempts to get close, but the thing keeps tossing debris at him.
Jay: "Bullets have no effect and I can't get close without Jade."
Jay hears a voice in the distance.
Blacksmith: "How are you fighting that thing?!"
Jay: "With skill. Do you have my daggers ready?"
Blacksmith: "Right here."
The blacksmith holds up four dark gray daggers.
Jay: "Toss them!"
Blacksmith: "You won't catch them all!"
Jay: "Just do it!"
The blacksmith tosses the daggers.
Jay: "Watch and learn."
Jay's eyes glow and the daggers stop falling midair.
Blacksmith: "What the hell?;"
Jay puts two in his hands and keeps two in the air.
Jay: "Now you're going down you oversized piece of shit!"
The daggers fly past the rubble and stabs the eyes.
Jay: "Let's finish in style."
Jay pulls the daggers out and slices the head into evenly sized rings.
Jay: "(sighing) That felt too easy."
Blacksmith: "(shocked) A-Amazing!"
Jay: "Point me to the nearest city."
The blacksmith points northeast.
Blacksmith: "Keep going that way to Nylsio."
Jay walks in the direction.
Jay: "Thanks..."
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