13. The Mission
“So what exactly is our mission here?”
“Souls,” was her simple reply. “We are sent to free a large number of souls who are being held prisoners in the Temple of Death.”
“How are we to do that?” was my shocked response.
“Very simple,” Elatia continued. “I have a pardon sealed with the King’s own seal for the prisoners, but it needs to be delivered in person by a person of faith, or the keepers will not recognize it and those prisoners here will not believe sufficiently to set them free.”
“Where exactly are these prisoners?” I asked.
“They were kept in a neutral zone until recently, when the Dark Lord had them removed and taken to a lower dungeon, partly to reduce any hope they had of ever escaping this world, and to make any rescue of them more difficult for us.
“Ther
