Chapter 42: Thirteen Trials & Cut Off Your Head

TRANSLATIONS:

[Div-e Afsan - Demons of Legend]

[Al-Mawt al-Aswad - The Black Death]

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[Soraya's POV]

Circe guided them to Megara, nestled within a towering mountain. The formidable Al-Sahraa Guardians guarded its entrances. Each sentinel offered a respectful salute to the green-haired elf as she strode past them.

When they entered one of the caves, it stretched deep into the mountain until it stopped at a bridge that bridged a massive gaping abyss. Soraya knew the Easterners found this place and made it their home to hide from the Achaemenidian armies that invaded the desert.

The bridge was a vital connection, fashioned from dry wood sourced from the World's Edge Mountains encircling the Blue Dune Desert. Should the Achaemenidians breach the mountains, the Rahbar commanded every tribe in the east to retreat to Megara.