I woke up to a familiar ceiling. At my side was a sleeping Erik holding onto my hand.
"E-Erik..."
He suddenly woke up.
"Ari, you are awake," he said as he hugged me.
"How long have I been asleep for?" I asked as Erik helped me sit up.
"Two days..."
Erik had informed me that Garett along with five other men had been captured and held captive by the Balik Empire. The ransom was the Book of Ruth Chapter 313, a book about how to make superior mass killing weapons.
"Just give up the book!" I told Erik.
"We deciphered the book with the decoding formulas your family provided. Someone from our side leaked our deciphering techniques to the other side. Anyone can read it if they have the book. The contents are...It is not a book meant to be seen in the light. Is Garett's life worth more tha
