The meeting room was quiet. It sat inside one of the palace's inner chambers. Thick stone walls kept out the noise from the palace halls. A single lantern lit the long table where five people were seated.
Isaac stood at the head of the table. Broner, Corpuz, Elder Peter, and Aiah sat across from him, listening closely.
"I asked for this meeting because something isn't right," Isaac said. "Tiny found something below the southern farmlands."
"Tiny." Corpuz brows furrowed.
Isaac gulped. "Well my locust."
He paused, then continued.
"The ground's dead. All of it. No worms, no rot, nothing growing. And it's not just dead land. It's spreading. Tiny picked up necrotic energy below the surface. It's artificial. Like something was planted."
Broner leaned forward. "Planted?"
"Yeah," Isaac said. "The energy's moving, slow but steady. We even caught movement underground, no heat, no mana, no heartbeat. Things are moving under there."
Corpuz stiffened. "So… some things are buried?"
