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I held upjubilation of the crowd at large, "Wait there is more to be said I do not kno, but a device of dark knowledge made its way back into the inner world e caasp from the crowd and the woman moaned out in question, "The Orlanis Star?"

I nodded

"We thought we had freed ourselves from the curse our ancestors had enacted upon themselves to reach this hidden world!" The wouish

I felt like soroup before me that had been all smiles had suddenly turned as somber as death

"Your ancestors may well have welco been sent here by God that He is desirous of us delivering you from the curses and mistakes of the past Why else would we have been sent here? I can testify to you beyond a shadow of a doubt that ould not be standing here before you if it had not been for the hand of God preserving us through trial and close calls one after another!"

The wohtened her shoulders with resolution as many within the crowd did as a little hoped flowed back in

"Tell me what have they done with that wretched evil device?" She asked

I told it to her straight, "They used it to unlock soe that enabled them to complete a satanic ritual wherein they welcoiants of old"

If it was possible her already white skin paled even further She asked, "What is to be done?"

She'd spoken softly, but her voice sounded out loud in the hush that had befallen the croho looked a thee, "We're all going to have to fight if we are to survive this ancient scourge, butto need to trust God to win this one for us, because without His help we don't stand a chance"

The Whale People took the nee carried hard, but they showed resolve for the cole They were brave people to survive as they had and they weren't backing down froreed to help rescue the other slaves It stood to reason that in the coreater numbers on our side I just hoped that there were still slaves alive yet to rescue