1. Across Eternity: Book 5 - Chapter 4


    Date: 4/26/2024, Categories: Fantasy Author: Sage_of_the_Forlorn_Path 

    ... but they aren’t completely immune. Hello, what’s this?” He exposed another gland similar to the first. “Shannon, the syringe, please.” She handed him a glass syringe, and he stuck it into the fleshy pocket. As he pulled back the plunger, the syringe filled with fluid. “Well, now, this is quite interesting.”

“What do you think it is?”

“I’m not sure, but I’m going to enjoy finding out.”

After days of work and research, the prince visited the evidence room, which Noah had repurposed into his lab. Lupin’s need for results felt like an animal in his mouth, trying to fight its way out, and he wanted to vent his impatience, but the sight before him took the wind from his sails. All the gathered tools and equipment had been put back together, resembling the amalgamated labs they came from. Beakers and test tubes full of various potions sat on racks and over fires, and jars full of preserved body parts and tissue samples were arranged on shelves.

At the far end of the room, Noah stood before an array of screens, all projected into the air like holograms. Beneath the screens was a table covered in magic pieces, some sporting intricate mechanical designs and others shaped into abstract forms and engraved with runes. By moving his hands over the devices, Noah could control what appeared on the screens, be they lines of runes, graphs, or other forms of information. Standing beside him was Shannon, awaiting his next order.

“What in the world is all this?” Lupin ...
    ... asked,

“Ah, Your Highness, welcome. Please, come in.”

“I can’t believe you actually got all this stuff working. None of my experts could make heads of tails of this.”

“It’s all a matter of experience. The Pack is clearly utilizing some impressive equipment, but I thought a few improvements were needed, so while putting everything back together, I made some changes here and there.”

“Have you learned anything from this?”

“Most of the stored information was erased, but I got some pieces. More importantly, I’ve been using this setup to perform my investigation. Through gathered samples and interviews, I’ve mapped out the parasites’ genetic progression.”

“Their what?”

“I know how they were made, at least in part, and I’ve identified some weaknesses. Like their venom, the parasites are highly unstable and require constant maintenance. Though they feed on the blood of their hosts for sustenance, they need much more in order to properly function. All those labs your men have busted weren’t for making new parasites; they were for caring for the ones currently alive.” Noah walked over to a table with potion-making equipment. “I’ve been analyzing residue left behind on these tools, and discovered numerous plant species vital to the Pack’s operation. They’re used for what I suspect to be medicine and the gestation liquid in the glass tanks.”

“What kind of medicine?”

“A stabilizing agent, or at least the means to produce it. Why do the fiends continue to transform after the ...
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