An Owl's Rise

Eventually he started looking over his shoulders when he thought that he was alone just to make sure that there was no one following him.

Of course, he did not spot Evelyn who was indeed tracking him.

Thanks to her wind magic she could tell exactly where he was without needing a visual on him. She could keep completely out of view while pursuing him.

\'There\'s someone else up ahead.\'

As Uriah approached his destination, Evelyn\'s magic picked up another person that was waiting in an out of the way location that would be impossible to see without the person waiting there knowing.

It was an ideal spot for a clandestine meeting, and that was certainly what was occurring.

\'Now what are the two of you up to?\'

Once she was as close as she could get without revealing herself, Evelyn enhanced her spell to carry the sound of their conversation to her.

Even from over a hundred meters away, thanks to the acute hearing she had as an owl and the power of her magic, she could make out what they were saying despite the anti-eavesdropping device that had been activated.

"Ellison and Vivienne are doing whatever they can to not cooperate with us, so do you have the information that I requested." Uriah said to the man that he was meeting.

"Yes, I do, but make no mistake, it was not easy to acquire, especially as quickly as I did." The man replied. "Now, before we continue, do you have the payment I was promised. My neck is on the line here, so I\'m not going any further until I\'ve gotten my reward."

"That was not the original agreement. Your pay will be determined only after were confirm the credibility of the information you\'ve gathered. I\'m not going to hand over rare catalysts and magic crystals for what could simply be fabrications."

The two continued to go back in forth with their negotiations until Uriah finally let his frustration come to the surface.

"Give me what I want now, or I\'ll kill you. I refuse to be jerked around by an unloyal snoop."

"Go ahead, you won\'t get anything that way. I had to do some things that caught the attention of dangerous people to get the intel that you and your boss wanted. They haven\'t made a move on me yet, but it\'s only a matter of time before they track me down. I need what I was promised so that I can get away.

I assure you that what I\'ve gathered is worth every bit I am asking for." The man said, the nervousness in his tone conveying just how backed into a corner he really was.

Eventually Uriah pulled out what Evelyn could tell was a storage magic tool and handed it over to the man. However, he did so while grumbling and with a less than ecstatic expression on his face.

After checking over the contents of the ring he had been handed, the man opened his mouth and pulled out a small bead that he had affixed to one of his cheeks.

"What you want to know is stored in this. Hold it up to your head and it will transmit everything directly into your head. But keep in mind that it will not be active until six hours have passed. A little insurance on my part since the item is connected to my life right now. If I die, everything will be erased."

Wearing a sour frown, Uraih took the bead and careful placed it within a small storage pendant around his neck. He had been planning to kill the man but could not risk it now.

"Just know that if what you\'ve given me turns out to be wrong or not worth what you were paid, you\'ll have a lot more to worry about than anyone here in the Miris Sect. The entire Deamhain Sect will hunt you down and make you wish that you were never born."

Having given his final warning and with their transaction complete, Uriah and the man went their separate ways.

\'Which one do I follow?\'

Evelyn was conflicted about what to do next. Her original goal was to keep track of Uraih and simply observe him, but now there was a possibility that she could learn exactly what he and Osvaldo were up to here in the Miris Sect.

\'I could try and steal his ring that the bead is in, or I can learn what they are after from the informant.\'

Weighing her options, Evelyn soon concluded which objective would be easier to complete and less risky. As much as she wanted to continue surveilling Uriah, going after the man he had just met would be more fruitful.

So begrudgingly she switched her targets and began tailing the informant. It might look strange that she never returned for the rest of the performances being put on, but she could not let this chance pass her by.

Without ever allowing her target to notice her, Evelyn tracked him through the city and all the way to a dilapidated building located in the outer district where the lowest ranking members of the Miris Sect resided.

Once they were in a sparsely populated area that had certainly seen its better days judging by the condition of the buildings and streets, the man slipped into a side alley and stopped in front of what looked to be a solid wall.

However, with the wave of his hand, a door suddenly appeared as he released the illusion cast over the area.

He then slipped inside the hidden room and the illusion reappeared behind him.

"Seems like he is gathering supplies and getting ready to run. Unfortunately for him, I\'ve got some question to ask before he departs."