Far Horizons: Tales of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. Issue #18 September 2015 | Page 90

“We now know that she is truly The Huntress.”
Aksel’s behaviour was reminiscent of a director in a
boardroom. “And that reaffirms our insistence on using this, granted elaborate but highly effective, method
with the added bonus on gauging her strength. Zetal
was kind enough to give me a piece of the plant for
analyzing.”
“She is a lot weaker than the Nexus was. Both
physically and magically.” Ted added, still leaning on
the wall, with his hands folded. “It seems the half-human’s mind won the fight.”

“You say you still have some items that are
needed?” Avalit asked, standing in the middle of the
room.
“Yes, we need to make the tablet from sacred
clay, then it needs to be baked slowly in the sun. As
you know, making sacred clay is a pain.” Ted responded.
“But we are ready for the first stage. Now all
we need to do is pick who will face The Huntress.
That person needs to go through the ritual.”

Avalit took a minute to think, then shrugged
in agreement. “Have we collected all of the supplies
yet?”

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