Spectral Claws: Ancient Recurring

The Bloodteeth Effigy: Speyer's Convergence 3

Calfian was smiling and very happy to have her assistance while she did the same but looked at me for one second having a pleasing face trying to make up for what she had done. I glared at her and shook my head reassuring her that this will not go well. "Derik

... stop"

Derik was gesturing at her trying to ask if they both dated and it was dangerously distracting for everyone sitting at the table, "what.. I really am curious. " he said whilst all the people stared at the both of us while one of them had doubted seeing some new faces in this very secret meeting and asked Calfian, "What are these two doing here. "

Calfian chuckled at us and looked at his partners almost showing them how cheap we were, "They are just gonna help us traverse through these different places... " he said making it look like we were his paid slaves for now and we went along with it.

Gen couldn't keep up with our plan so she went with hers and as I was getting more and more suspicious of the presence of these strange groups and the intention they also sought more about the strangeness we brought in.

what do these people have to do with supernatural, my dad and even history. These treasures are harmful for any human hands. What do they need more than money at this point. Strange but also knowing who was as at the center of all this it could turn insane very easily.

I kept my guard up, closing my eyes for a moment taking all of these faces inside my mind, and scanning the entirety of what they are. Middle-aged, rich, one or the other is divorced and separate and one is just upset about something very much for a long time. These people are lonely considering the strange marks on their fingers and arms, they committed self-torture minimally from time to time as they could have never been tortured by anyone else. Their skins were quite pale, eyes quite flushed in hinting overnight sessions of continuous weeping.

They all have motives like any older generation would have, but these motives mixed with their riches would turn them into doing something as insane as going into arms with A Terragon.

Of course, unless no one could be as insane as Calfian he must have never disclosed his end of the deal quite well. The questions are what did he say and why does he need them. He doesn't need a bunch of humans and riches to get into something that is public and retrieve those. He was rich enough with those treasures he had himself.

Are they all people who connect with important parts of history or a pawn for a great sacrifice in the end that he had planned for quite enough time? This was only getting suspicious but that wasn't not called for.

It's easy to see the details that this wasn't going to end well with them but I'm here for the treasure as well he would be sure that I might be planning myself an escape already... he knows me well and he does know I can get distracted.

It's a sense I got when he captured me, he had learned even read about me, heard stories of my family and Derik's too but somehow he needs me for something not just finding the place but something more.

This could have all just been a plan to distract from the true sinister in all of this, Gen. Not her exactly but what Calfian might trap her into and trap all of us in that as well. He must have figured out we all three know each other else why would he be so interested in my past.

"We can go now then Gentlemen, thank you for your time. " All the people, the strange rich ones had gotten off their seat and dispersed while Gen, Derik, and I were left-back with him and the guards.

"Yeah, they are not dating. " Derik said softly whispering as he leaned close to me, I glared at him as I was losing a bit of patience. The two had an enquiring look to themselves, "So you have never seen these two around? You were a CIA agent weren't... you"

She smiled at him with that business-girl look and showed her teeth and told him, "I have known his name, but never saw him in person, Detectives just don't meet other detectives, especially the popular ones. "

Calfian laughed hysterically, "Popular huh, naive humans. No offense. "

She was looking at the side to me when I noticed, she held a bit of fear and then turned to him as he finished the sentence, "N-none taken. " She smiled the same way again.

Time to take in more details as I turned to the walls behind me etched with glyphs and symbols. I was just pulled to it as I got up from my chair and slowly walked to it almost unconsciously.

"The glyphs that used to be in Speyer's castle, they were Egyptian and so are these. What did he do to be connected to someone far across .. " I asked openly to everyone, though pinpointing at Calfian as he would know more as a Terragon.

"Well, pet wolf good observation. Indeed it was all related to those Egyptians whom we had never seen even cross our lands but... I guess this one's for you to find out. I hope you better do.. "

I turned to him and sighed showing him how annoyed I had gotten and there was Gen walking towards the glyphs as well, "Egyptians and Romans did have a connection though. People over here, at least some of them are obsessed with their history, they have also helped in their wars. They do have a very good relationship or some of their artifacts won't be allowed to stay here in exhibits. What gained all their trust. They must have done something huge of course, you have any idea about this Faudian? ".

She wasn't wrong at all, they always had a great relationship, especially the Romans and the Egyptians more likely. I could see the glyphs weren't much of anything random words but this guy standing behind me knew much, didn't he? " What are these glyphs doing here. "

I asked looking at his naive face and with all pride, he told me, "Obviously to learn them become them and understand their nature so we could c***k the stuff at the cathedral where similar glyphs were shown. "

I chuckled a little and looked right through his eyes glaring, "You really had guts to do something even the highly intelligent people couldn't, you are on the opposite scale it could probably take a whole lifetime. Your lifetime is endless ... "

I chuckled as so did Gen looking at me but then I noticed as I was turning to the glyphs Derik was going through a magazine and some pictures, "What were you doing with all these models my guy! Feidi Lum?! You go out with Feidi lum? " He asked a bit outraged and still cracking jokes at him, "I mean I have gone out with Kadja Alerman but wow... wowie. "

Calfian seemed angered and evoked as he suddenly banged on the floor and looked at us commanding, "Silence you brats, I will put you at your places, yes I do go out with whomever I please thanks to me we gathered intel about infiltration and thanks to Faudian I'm leaving you and him alive. " He said sighing while looking at Derik.

He kept his hands up mocking a little again making faces like he was scared, "Oooh, heh alright chief I'm quiet. " He said after he gave him a death stare. "You were saying? " He asked as he soon turned to me.

"The battle of Nile, Ceaser, and Cleopatra were together and that was when according to the deeply hidden Glendinian secrets well. " I eyed a few glyphs if they were a copy even if they were mismatched, jumbled I was starting to see something.

I took my journal as I walked to the glyphs touching them and trying to understand and script them on my pages. "These glyphs mean something, it's just not in order. Would have been much easier if it were. " I shook my head and sighed at the bad work done by Calfian, "This symbol is wrong, it's --" Gen interfered as she takes a look at that symbol pointing her finger up and leaning to it making a cross and curve from the edge of the glyph, "I have.. seen this somewhere... " she said showing her hand to me as I smiled, "impressed," I said as I handed her my journal and she scripted all these symbols with ease and I helped her as well, "This goes, here that goes there and that... " I point to the word she was making and showed her the place that strange symbol had to go to, "Here, and then we must get... "

I stared at the symbol it didn't make sense, I put it away for a while and searched the wall for more glyphs or a tiny hint and realized something about what I just read. "What does it say, .. " She asked quite worried about the look I had and I noticed my sweat dropping quite quickly.

Calfian raised his eyebrow leaning closer and Derik got up from his chair. Everyone was tense feeling my tension the room was feeling uneasy.

I breathed heavily but softly and looked at the wall, "It says Hermut.. "

Gen smiled, "So they were closer than we thought... but I don't think Speyer was allowed in that castle if which I think was built by them but--" I interfered putting my hand on her shoulder making her stop and looking at her a bit frightened, "It says Hermut is underneath... "

Calfian was confused, "What do you two mean, we don't have enough time until we can infiltrate that place. "

Gen had been frightened as well seeing into my eyes and she always knew that look, After Gen looked at Derik and Calfian. Derik felt uneasy, knowing what we were hinting at.

Gen looked seriously into the very soul of Calfian assuring him this will be most the chilling thing he had ever heard, "An Egyptian city is underneath The Speyer Castle... this must go back before when he even had been there... "

Calfian was stiff and breathless for a minute completely dumbfounded and he was shaking not able to breathe easily. He screeched through his home loudly which then turned into a growl.

I sighed closing my eyes and looking at Gen, "It's only getting worse and I hope this worsening ends today... when we find the place. " With hope, I turned towards the wall but whatever this Speyer guy was up to is something way above what we had thought about him... way more sinister and possibly affecting the present timeline till now. We had to wait and see what was at hand and capture the treasure laying lonely, hopefully, Speyer doesn't come back.

If he does, the place will be on fire.