"Let's talk about something else."
Lann threw another piece of firewood into the fire.
"Dilaf, did you summon all these vampiric creatures in the mountains?"
The black-haired vampire nodded silently.
"Yes, it's one of my abilities. I admit I deserved punishment, but being chopped up and imprisoned for a century, I think that's enough. That's why I began striving for my freedom."
"Luckily, time was on my side. Over a hundred years passed, Anahad's arrangements gradually deteriorated. The ritual tools that guided the mountain's energy would erode faster than if normally placed because of the constant impacts day and night. Consequently, my power could be transmitted out. Without you all, I estimate I would have gathered enough vampiric creatures in three years to break the prison and leave on my own."
"Please don't misunderstand; this doesn't diminish my gratitude to you."
"But what puzzles me is... it seems like you've never come to maintain the prison where I'm held."
