The ancient turtle's words rang like thunder inside Adam's ears. For a moment, he even thought that he might have heard wrong.
After slapping himself twice, he asked with a slightly stunned expression, "Lord Tebu, did I… hear you right? Wagner cast a spell on you? Why the hell would he do that?"
The colossus sighed. "His reasons elude me…"
Thinking of the past, a slightly dark expression shadowed the giant turtle's face. But Adam completely missed that since he had already begun talking to himself again.
"Wait, that doesn't make any sense at all," he muttered under his breath as he paced back and forth along the edge of the island.
"Cast a spell? To ensure the location of the inheritance is unknown? What? Just… what? Who in their right mind would do such a thing? Doesn't this defeat the whole purpose of leaving behind an inheritance?" He loudly muttered to himself.
