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The rest of the trip across the waters was not very eventful, a blessing from Mann. Or, perhaps, it was a spiteful strike against him from Lucian's experience.
It was only during their arrival to the docks where things became weird.
There was no one on the docks. No one there to repel them and no one to welcome their arrival. Not even the made peasants were present there, not even the made who would have never listened to commands. Their vessels were arriving in a ghost harbor.
The Black Knight, upon the back of Satharifax, were the first to arrive at the dock to witness this. After them came the Pegasus Knights who confirmed the beachhead and take over of the place.
Searching about the area the Knight wondered to himself what had happened, only to see what he knew to dread, “Satharifax, do you see the blood?”
“Yesss.” Slithered the Drake as he glanced around the area, “I can taste it at the tip of my tongue, the blood of the recently slain. And the foul magics that were used here as well…”
“Do you know whose blood it could be?” The Knight ask as they began clearing a way through the docks to make sure nothing was lurking.
“My nose is not as keen as your Kroxigor’s. I can say that it is disgusting magics, but the kind of Chaos that was used here I do not know.” The Dragon answered, “What I will say is that not enough blood was spilt to empty this place as well as this.”
“Gillot, this place was full of people before you left, right?” Lucian asked as he glanced at the man.
“Yes, that is correct! But they couldn’t have heard of our arrival for we Pegasus Knights are the fastest.” The Prince said to him with surprise lacing his voice.
“They might have been using sorcery against us.” Suggested Satharifax with a bit of annoyance, “Scrying that you laid their Knight low and gained his fleet, they fled to the castle and killed those that would not answer their call.”
“If that was the truth, Drake, where would their bodies be?” Pointed out Gillot, “Surely in a rush they would have left the bodies out. They would know that a Dragon and Pegasus Knights would be upon them in hours.”
