Evandro clicked the middle button on the HMCI. A holographic window would open, showing a picture of the area from a bird’s eye view. Just a bit ahead of them was a large magic signature.
“…So is that where the Curse is then?” Nigel asked.
“It should be.” Evandro answered.
“Wow. Didn’t know it would be so easy to find something of this much power.”
“Keep in mind that there are many monsters in this area that might attack, and the magic cluster may be far underground.” Evandro said as she started digging up the sand.
“This will take a while. Can you at least help me?”
Around 40 minutes later…
“So, we dug down to where the Curse is supposed to be,” Evandro stated as she looked at the HMCI
window. “But uh, where is the curse?”
“Did you dig at the right spot?” Ella yelled down.
They had dug a large hole by now.
“I remember that you hadn’t moved when you started digging. The curse was supposed to be a few meters ahead of you.”
Evandro stood there in silence and shock. “Are you fucking kidding me?!?”
Also this isn’t Minecraft. Remember how they dug down through the sand.
The hole was caved in with an avalanche of sand.
A few minutes later…
Evandro and Nigel had found their way back to the surface.
“I fucking hate this.” Evandro complained.
“There is still some sand in my eye. I’m going back to the shuttle.” Nigel also groaned.
“Here is a tip. Use a drill or something like that.” Ella told Evandro. “That way, we won’t have to go through the excruciating pain of digging for a long time.”
“I didn’t get one.” Evandro replied.
“Why not?”
“Because I thought an Absorption curse would be in a structure or something. Not buried under a bunch of sand.”
Even more time later…
There it was. The glowing purple cube. The Absorption Curse.
Nigel looked at it strangely, reaching his hand out. “So do I just touch it?”
“NO!” Evandro yelled at him as she slapped his hand.
Nigel stealing magics would be a nightmare.
“Ella?” She yelled. “Where’s the Curse Container?”
“It’s coming!” She would drop a metal sphere into the pit. It would land on Evandro’s head
“aaaaaAAAAAAAAAA”
“Why did they choose us of all people to get this curse?” Nigel remarked.
Some shouting, containing a curse and trying to climb up the pit but falling down twice later…
“Okay,” Evandro panted. “We have got the curse.” It’s bright light shone out of the sphere. “Now, we go back to base. Understood?”
“Yes.” Ella, Nigel, and Cehira said in unison.
The shuttle would fly off from the damned desert.
Funny bonus coming sometime in future