Belboz Is Not Accustomed To Being Concise
The Never Ending Quest - Episode 82329
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"I shall have to be brief," Belboz continued. "Minestus will soon be
aware, if he is not already, that his prisoners have been freed, and it
will not take him long to trace you here. When that happens, our life
expectancy will be short, for even with Adele's and Elaine's help I will
not be able to hold him off for long."
"Then we should leave this chamber at once and try to get out of the caves before he can catch up with us," Exotica said. "And he would then find you on the open hillside, where you would have even less chance than you do here. No, I'm afraid that your noble knight has doomed us all - me included, now that my love for my daughter prevents me from acting against you. Did none of you stop to think that if there had been any chance of a successful escape I would have freed my own daughter long before this?" "I don't accept that our cause is quite as hopeless as you seem to think," Sigin said. "But for someone who said that he would have to be brief, you're being somewhat long-winded." "Sorry. It all began a little over 800 years ago, when my necromantic researches enabled me to develop an enchantment which would make me so long-lived as to be all but immortal. Unfortunately it was rather similar to vampirism, but without the need for blood; sunlight - and even full daylight without sun - would bring about my rapid demise. I could have shut myself away in a windowless room, I suppose, but I decided that relocating to these extensive caves would be a more attractive option. They were home to a few ogres and the like, but I easily dealt with them. Unfortunately I had only been here for about five years when Minestus discovered the cave system and - like me - decided that it would make a good home. Even more unfortunately, soon afterwards Adele decided that it was time to pay me a visit before I had had a chance to warn her of the danger. She knew that I had moved here five years before, but not my reason for doing so. I had kept my quasi-vampirism a secret even from her. Adele brought some friends with her. Minestus had been willing to tolerate me for so long as I kept to myself, but now..."
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JH
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