Bab 151: The carriages return to the road.

[Quest Chain Updated: Evelyn Parker and Lyana have temporarily joined the Party]

Strax read the message as he returned to his carriage. He was feeling a bit drained after swapping souls with Tiamat, which had easily consumed more than half of his mana. If you were to gauge it like a battery, Strax was now running at about 25% of his maximum charge, and for him, that was substantial. He could barely stay on his feet for long.

The message came at a calm moment; fortunately, all the preparations for continuing their journey had already been handled by his competent wives, and he was now resting, lying on Monica's soft lap while gazing at a sleeping Samira and Beatrice, who was staring out at the landscape.

"Do I get anything from this effect, System?" Strax mentally questioned the System, which had been unusually quiet lately. It was strange not to have received any notifications during the entire process of making this deal with Evelyn.