madnovel Chapter 1637 Are They Ready?
Chapter 1637 Are They Ready?
--- Kat ---
Kat just hugged her girlfriend. Once Lily had gotten back to the group she’d dove straight into Kat’s arms, and as the kind and caring girlfriend she was, Kat would of course accommodate some neediness after the stress she’d felt coming from her girlfriend. See it turned out? Watching every little spatial crack to ensure Malt didn’t go missing again? That was a massive pain.
The space here was mostly stable but mostly stable wasn’t the same as completely stable. Especially when it was noticeably messed up. Lily had needed to keep one eye on Malt accompanied by a shadowy hand that constantly adjusted the dagonkin’s positioning to ensure he avoided all the problem areas... and there had been a lot of them.
Lily was so annoyed that she actually had the courage to glare at Meg and ask, "Did you know?"
Meg, smart-ass that she was simply answered with. "Know what?"
"Did you know about... whatever nonsense Malt has going on with his... I don’t know if it’s space affinity or something else but I’m pretty sure he’s been making the space here weaker just by walking around! It was a massive headache to keep him nearby and I’m exhausted!" hissed Lily.
Meg smiled and said, "Of course I didn’t know something like that would happen,"
Lily thought over the words Meg had just said and quickly realised the issue. "You didn’t know... but I’m quite sure you could GUESS. Correct?"
Meg nodded, "Yup you caught me! I think Malt has gravity affinity and that’s what’s causing the issue. Not sure it also might’ve been made worse when we got close to the generators. Sure they don’t leave behind radiation or other pollutants... but that doesn’t meant they have no effect. Might be that some of the gravitic distortions ’clung’ to Malt,"
Lily let out a long groan, "Is this going to continue being an issue once we leave? Like is it going to effect the bubbles?"
"No idea!" Meg cheerfully announced.
Lily glared back wondering why Meg was being so forthcoming with those answers after being caught out. Lily hadn’t been certain when she accused Meg of deliberately being misleading... but Meg had admitted it easily. A quick glance around revealed the reason why. The dragonkin all had uneasy looks on their faces now and quite a few were glancing at Malt.
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[Well I doubt Corela would want to hide it, we’re guiding them out of the forest after all. So any info would be nice... but if she’s assuming that we already have the information then why bother to mention it again?]
*Ok, that’s a good point. Do you think it’s likely?*
[I’m really not sure. Corela is a biologist so she might only know what the defences do in vague terms. Plus, with magic being what it is... maybe the forest is a ’natural’ phenomenon now. Like, it started from the mist wall and grew because of the generators but does it still NEED them? The generators have been breaking down, and some might even be broken. Perhaps the forest now gives energy back to the mist wall?]
*It’s... a bit strange to think about if you’re still applying earth logic to it... but I get what you’re saying. Magic, especially environmental magic is... alive sort of. At least, I’ve noticed that it can be. If the mist has been around since before the world here ’ended’ then... it would make a lot of sense if it’s essentially just a fixture of the forest now. All of the monsters here have adapted.*
[Exactly. It’s why I’m not sure if Corela would know about the forest. If she just knew about the shield system, and maybe has some idea because of her degree in biology as to what might happen... but I’m guessing she lacks the specifics which are what we might need.]
*Should we mention it then? I’ve been expecting you to just say something about it out loud, or poke me into doing so by now... but it doesn’t seem like you’re angling for that?*
[Because I don’t know if I Meg would tell us the truth, or just let us make poor assumptions... or maybe even keep it deliberately ambiguous so we have to deal with the obviously awkward answer. I think she’s been a bit bored and Hunter’s been hiding from her a touch too much so she’s causing problems. Not too many, as she seemed genuinely concerned that the drake part has been moving. Actually... that might be a safe thing to ask about.]
*If we’re going the right way?*
[Yes... but now that you repeat it back to me I realise we’ll have to wait on that as well. Bower’s not going to have any idea what the way back to his home is until we leave this mist dome. Which, when are we doing that by the way?]
Kat glanced around at everyone else. Her focus had been squarely on comforting Lily and it seemed like though she was still somewhat worried the majority of her stress had been dealt with. Though the same couldn’t be said for everyone else. Notably nobody was pushing for them to move despite the fact that everyone except Malt had eaten lunch and Malt himself clearly wasn’t in the mood to eat anything.
Kat turned to Meg and asked, "Are we planning to leave soon?"
Meg shrugged, "I’m ready to head out whenever. I’ll be a bit annoyed if we’re on the wrong side of the mist dome but we’ll deal with it either way I suppose. Bower are you ready? If so I can breach the mist at any time."
Bower glanced around at the concerned looking dragonkin. The tension amongst the group had ratcheted up a few notches now that leaving had been brought up. With things uncertain about how safe it was to be around Malt as well as the fact this would really be the end of life as they knew it... quite a few people looked ready to bolt. Bower shifted a bit in place not sure what to say. He was ready... but were they?