An Owl's Rise

Evelyn found herself unable to continue protesting after Lucia's impassioned speech.

Cautiously she took the dagger from Lucia. Its hilt was cold to the touch, and she felt a truly ominous energy residing within it. This was no ordinary magic item.

"That weapon is imbued with two powerful spells. One to pierce through protection and another to rot whatever it strikes. To kill someone with it you need only stab the tip of the blade into them. Even if you only break past the first layer of skin, that it enough for it to take effect." Lucia explained.

However, this was not something that could be used multiple times. Once it had inflicted a single creature with a wound, the dagger would be sucked into their body and turn to dust along with its target.

"Only those at that have reached the highest rank would be able to defend against that weapon. A mere peak arcanist will find their fate sealed the moment the blade touches them."

Hearing this, Evelyn once again believed that she should not accept it. Surely Lucia had intended to use this weapon against someone that she loathed above all else. Just the same as Evelyn felt towards the two men from the Deamhain Sect.

Nevertheless, the unwavering look in Lucia's eyes told Evelyn that her friend would not take the dagger back. She was going to prioritize Evelyn's revenge over her own.

"Thank you, Lucia. We will make sure not to let your generosity go to waste. I promise you that this dagger will bring Osvaldo down." Evelyn said as sincerely as she could.

"There is no need to thank me so much. As I already said, we are in this together. Who I procured that for is now probably too powerful anyway. It will be something to worry about in the future."

With Evelyn now having a weapon capable of killing the stronger of their two targets, the five of them continued to devise their plan of attack.

Everyone had their own suggestions, but it was difficult to come up with anything concrete until they had more information. First, they would need to find out the two men's whereabouts and what their schedules were. After that they could come to a final consensus on how to act.

Naturally, they could not just blatantly ask around for this information. No one would give them a straight answer and it would be incredibly suspicious.

To that end, Lucia suggested questioning the servants that would be assigned to their targets. High ranking members of a Greater Sect were sure to be receiving the very best hospitality, even if the leaders of the Miris Sect did not particularly want them around.

"I suppose that we will need to use this then."

From out of her storage magic tool, Evelyn pulled out a certain potion.

Like the telepathy potions she had brewed, this one too used the materials from the Mind Manipulating Mushroom. Except its purpose was not for communication, but to dominate the consciousness of whoever drank it.

There was no doubt that it was a nasty magical creation, but Evelyn was willing to do just about anything to get back at the people that had harmed her and those that she cared about. Diomed had already used magic to manipulate Verrader's mind, so she saw no reason not to do the same.

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With their next step set, Evelyn handed out a couple of these potions to everyone.

"Now, we need only find some servants that seem like they might know something. First, we need to locate where Osvaldo and Uriah are staying. Then we can target the servants working directly for them. The only thing to hope for now is that they have not already left." Lucia said.

While it had not been very long since the two had arrived, it was possible that they had returned to the Deamhain Sect already. Though this was fairly unlikely. If their business could be conducted so quickly and easily the two of them would not have come in person in the first place.

Fortunately, when they pumped the servants for information using the Domination Potions Evelyn had made, they learned that the two men were still within the Sect and would be staying for at least a couple of weeks.

After that they discreetly learned the two men's plans by observing them and questioning the servants serving in the building that Osvaldo and Uriah were staying in.

Mostly the two had been meeting with Ellison and a few other elders of the Miris Sect. It had bene impossible to find out exactly what they were speaking about since none of the servants were privy to the information, but the topic must have been important as the leaders of the Miris Sect seemed on edge from what the servants had observed.

"And your certain of this?"

"Yes, I personally made the arrangements."

Currently Evelyn was speaking with an older gentleman that oversaw the staff working in the guest estate where Osvaldo and Uriah resided.

If anyone were to walk by and see them, everything would seem normal except for the faraway look in the man's eyes.

Right now, he was under the influence of Evelyn's potion and being only a low tier acolyte he was powerless to resist its magic. He would even spill a secret he had promised to protect with his life should she ask him about it. And once the potion had lost effect, he would not remember that any of this had occurred.

Evelyn continued to probe the man for information, and once she had everything she wanted, she told him to go about his day as normal and forget that he had ever met her.

'Looks like I finally found something we can use.' Evelyn thought, her lips curling up into a sinister grin.

She then pulled out her message notebook and sent the information off to her companions.

Naturally those of the Miris Sect used this same magical item and it was unlikely that her messages would be intercepted. Though even if they were, she had written them in code.

"Now, time to go and meet Uriah face to face again after all this time."

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