Knight's Sacred Burden
"By the time the tremors begin again, the Council will be kneeling at our altar, begging for the alloy that keeps their skin from hardening. They aren't our enemies, Julian. They are our best customers."
Julian lunged, not for Valerius, but for the masked man. He moved with a speed born of desperation, his blade flashing in a desperate arc. The cultist parried with a piece of scrap metal that glowed with a faint, pulsing violet light—the same material that Kael had described.
The collision sent a shockwave of energy through the room, humming with the familiar, sickening vibration of the blight. Julian stumbled back, his arm numb, his vision swimming with spots of violet light.