Magical Epicenters

"Nor do you need it," Anthris replied. The Jaguari - the race you now belong to - perform high level magic as easily and instinctually as they hunt and kill. Plus, though you may not have realized it, the two of you seem to be powerful loci for magical forces."

"What?!?" Fred exclaimed. He wondered if that explained why he and Astra seemed to keep running into all these powerful mages - and maybe why Vincent seemed so determined to track them. "I don't understand, Mistresssss!"

"Nor is it necessary for you to," she replied. "All that is required from the two of you is to carry out my wishes. Succeed, and your rewards will be great, for I do not forget those who aid me. If you fail - pray that Zerm destroys you before I do." Again, the orb she held glowed, and a shimmering portal opened before them.

"This is a doorway to Zerm's sanctuary," Anthris said. "I would prefer to simply open a path to the room he has the amulet it, but it is well guarded by many runes, and I am too far away to counter them. This is as close as I can place you. The amulet is gold, with silver inlays, and a circle of sapphire and amethyst set in the middle. Now go, my pets, and serve Anthris well."

"Yesss, Mistresss," they said, and in unison, Fred and Astra turned and leapt into the glowing portal with a feral snarl...

"Where arrre we now?" Fred asked.

1. They were in the middle of a steaming jungle.
2. They were in a plain at the edge of a singularly forbidding forest.
3. They were standing at the entrance to a huge castle.
4. They stood at the base of a towering mountain.
5. They were in a vast desert - with a very familiar tower in the distance!
6. They were back in the very same cave where they had defeated Velus.

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