Chapter 70: Quest 64- Report Back

Sometime pass as Nox decided to take Cirrus back to Orario, they have spent an accumulative of nine days at the town. Nox contacted Fels and informed him that they were returning but that Cirrus was still recovering from both his physical and metal fatigue.

Artemis and her Familia join Nox to go to Orario, it seemed she wish to have a understand of the city and the current situation of the world as well as have her children explore a bit of the dungeon.

Along the way back Cirrus regained his consciousness.

“Mmmm….” He slowly sits up. “Why is the room bumpy?” he said groggy. “Ah fuck I’m blind!!”

“Don’t worry.” Nox said removing the blindfold.

Cirrus looks to find him and Nox in the back of a carriage.

“So…” Cirrus dragged himself to the corner of the carriage. “Do you mind if you tell me what happened since I was out?”

Looking out the carriage he could see the passing of the trees and dust the carriage was making.

Nox explained to him what had happened, after the fight he collapsed to the ground. The poison of the Nuckelavee had taken its toll and Nox used the antidote Lenoa gave him. Even with the poison being treated the injuries he suffered still remained. Artemis quickly did first aide to help stabilize his condition and set the bones right before Nox poured potions down Cirrus’s throat and on his wounds.

They then spent the next few days waiting for him to wake up, but Nox found that he was stable enough to return to Orario. Her reasoning is that if Cirrus were still asleep by the time, they returned then she would have him checked out and if he wakes up by then well, they would have already be on their way to give a full report to Ouranos.

“And the town?”

“Their fine, they used the material they used to build the temporary homes to help quickly rebuild the buildings that were lost.”

“That’s good…but I’m still sore. (Exousía, Adorn).”

The armor quickly equips itself and Cirrus could feel some of his bones get fixed and placed in their right place, the wounds were all healed leaving only scars behind before he disengaged the armor.

“Better?”

“Yup…So is Artemis in a carriage up ahead?”

“No she’s riding up on her horse with her Familia, she even has your horse with them.”

“So she’s coming with us to Orario?”

“Yeah, she’s coming to see about Evilus and other matters she can help with, seeing the damage the Nuckelavee did she wants to avoid that from happing again.”

“How lucky of us, so how far are we from Orario?”

“About 3 days off.”

“Hmm…I’m going to take a nap.”

“Come on really? You just woke up! You can at least eat!” Nox said handing him some dried meat and water.

 

Three days later.

“Waaaah!!!” said Artemis and her Familia entering from the west of Orario’s main gate.

“Follow me, news of you entering the city will soon spread if not your divinity could already be felt throughout the city already by the other gods.” Cirrus said with his hood up.

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“Where are we going?” said Rethusa.

“To bring you first to Astraea, her Familia is primarily female just like yours.”

“I-I see but why bring us to them?”

“So you can have a place to stay while you’re here, seeing as your Familia is a nomadic one and our business here won’t be for long, but do stick close this city isn’t really safe.”

Cirrus lead them to the Astraea Familia’s home in the southwest section of Orario named the Stardust Garden.

“Sorry I can’t enter with you, but we will meet again.” Cirrus said walking away.

“You’re not coming with us?” Artemis asked.

“No…they prefer if men stay away and well my standing with the other members are better now than before, but I still prefer to stay elsewhere. Don’t worry it’ll be alright!” Cirrus said giving a thumbs up as he leaves.

Cirrus enters an alleyway and turns invisible; he removes his deer mask without the antlers and enters a secret passageway.

Cirrus arrives at Ouranos’s room of prayer with Fels and Nox already waiting.

“So did you bring them to Astraea’s home?” Nox said.

“Yup, so they should arrive here sooner or later.” Cirrus said walking in the middle of the room next to Nox and Fels.

“How are your wounds Cirrus?” Fels asked looking around Cirrus.

“There fine, just a few more scars but that’s fine.”

“Then shall we discuss the creature while we wait for our guests to arrive?” Ouranos said.

“Heh~” said Cirrus. “Lord Ouranos are you curious?”

“That I am Cirrus, you have slain a monster the heroes of old had to seal away using water spirits. We heard of the fight from Nox, but we wanted your thoughts on it.”

“Well…the son of a bitch was way stronger than it looked, its hits were like the goliaths but if like there were 4 of them!”

 

Cirrus told his part of the fight and how fearsome the monster really was, its putrid blood was as poisonous as it was corrosive and nightmarish, its green fires burned poison into the body. Cirrus didn’t know which of the poisons did what, but he had to use an antidote made from the Amphisbaena's Dragon Liver.

Nox told them that the monster had an enraged state where its muscles became as black as its blood with green bursts of fire sprang here and there on its body, its muscles were bulging in power. Cirrus assumed that only indestructible blunt weapons could possibly kill it without risk of damaging ones weapons.

In the end he told them he had to use his magic [Dia Dikastí̱s] and his Cerberus armor to finally kill it.

As he finishes his part of the fight Ouranos could feel three divinity’s coming.

Cirrus noticed the slight change in Ouranos’s face and equipped his deer mask. Nox turned in an owl and landed on his antler's while Fels took their leave.

Walking down from the guild were Astraea, Artemis, and Hermes.