The ruins around the Colosseum have been patched up as much as possible with the limited materials they had, most Prospects had no experience outside of fighting so it was up to Reima, Talem and Kuretz to teach the basics of hunting, gathering, construction and various other things that the Guide neglecting to teach them. The new village holds around one thousand Prospects, and when considering that these people have been fighting for centuries, it's unlikely anyone other than the Guides is stupid enough to attack. Reima knew Absolvers would be sent in bulk so he had requested a meeting with the village elders, Kuretz, Risryn, Talem and the first woman he had unmasked Kalini. With them he had formed a small militia made from Prospects that were willing to don the masks and fight again.

With Risryn as the captain of the 50 man militia they were trained in almost all forms of combat, Risryn personally made sure that each individual member was around a low level Absolver and with her teaching she had managed this in the short time they had. Reima was meditating when it was reported that they were raided by a 10 man team of Absolvers but grinned when he heard Risryn had personally gone to greet them. When Reima had checked on the results he wasn't surprised to find all 10 impaled around the entrances of the village with their masks torn off and on full display to the surroundings. Needless to say, after this same thing happened three times the Guides stopped sending their puppets to their deaths.

Reima wasn't doing nothing during the time the village was being built, he had trained his martial arts with Risryn, Kuretz and Talem, and due to his learning ability his martial prowess soared. If he had to rank himself in martial arts he would say he's around third in ability, under Risryn and Talem... Reima is unsure how strong Talem actually is but considering Risryn says he was around when she first donned the mask, he's probably pretty strong.

With the sacred city of Adal becoming their territory they had to remove the tribal's that followed Cargal and Kilnor, while it wasn't possible to kill either of the twins they eventually just locked them in a reinforced stone room before blocking the exit. With both twins chained to either side of the room they couldn't even kill themselves to escape.

Now at the present time, Reima can be seen meditating in a basic room with comfortable looking furniture when his door is suddenly knocked on.

Reima "Come in!" He opens his eyes to observe his guest.

Talem enters the room, his weird gold mask glinting in the candle light. "Rei, we have a problem."

Reima "Guides again?" he grins thinking about the creative punishments that he could try.

Talem shakes his head, "No... I think you better see for yourself."

He escorts Reima to a part of the village where they had stockpiled Essence to keep people from becoming addicted again. When they enter the room that's softly glowing yellow from the Essence Reima spots an unusual sight, a ghost like figure covered in Fold energy that makes his medallion shake like a dragons standing infront of him.

Innara "I am Innara, greetings to you, old young one." it says in a quiet tone that sounds like multiple voices strewn together to mimic human speech.

Reima "Ah, I think I know what this is about... Does it have something to do with the Essence mines?"

Innara "Very astute of you, yes, a member of my race is attempting to fuse our two worlds together... If he succeeds all life on this planet will die."

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Talem "Wait, if you know about this then why do you not stop him?" he crosses his arms and asks sternly

Innara "With the power of the substance you call Essence, he has taken a physical form. As Etherans we are unable to attack him in this physical state, that is why I must ask for your a.s.sistance."

Talem "What will be required of us?" He asks not really trusting the strange being who's race a.s.sisted in the torture of the Prospects.

Innara "You will need to descend into the depths of the mines where Arcell dwells, his use of the Fold has created Gleam, a substance almost impervious to harm due to it's connection to our realm... As long as Arcell lives the gleam will spread throughout the mines and use the Essence inside to fuse the two planes of existence."

Reima "So, just pop down and kill a.r.s.e hole. Seems easy enough."

Innara "Unfortunately he has an army of corrutped puppets obeying his commands... You will have to fight your way through them."

Reima nods his head and goes to gather his friends to descend into the mines.