HIYA! Another one! Hope you like!
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When Zelgadis reached the outskirts of Seyruun, he started looking around for a place where he wouldn't be disturbed. He decided on a clearing in the heart of a forest, and leaned against the wide trunk of a huge tree.
He immediately opened the book, and started reading it over. It was, indeed, in Rezo's hand, and seemed to be the Red Priest's style of writing. But how did the book end up in a Seyruun library?
Ignoring this, Zelgadis skimmed the Table of Contents. Rezo certainly had put time and effort into this book. Under the list of chapters, there was one entitled, "Reversing Spell Effects." Zelgadis decided that was as good a place as any to start, and flipped through the pages to find it.
About halfway through the book, and single piece of paper fluttered out, and landed on the grass. Zelgadis picked it up, and looked at it. It was just a blank sheet of paper. There was nothing written on it. He stuffed the paper back into the book, and found the chapter he was looking for.
It was too good to be true! The chapter gave detailed information on how to reverse the effects of golem spells cast on people and things. Zelgadis was too excited to think about why Rezo had written down such valuable information in such a detailed fashion. It wasn't like the Red Priest to be straightforward about things. But, he was too occupied to notice.
"Golem spells can go very haywire, and can result in a chimera breed," Zelgadis read aloud. "When this happens, there is a simple method for returning the person or thing back to its original state. This process requires the use of a powerful Shamanist, which may or may not be the target of the process, an Orihalcon beacon, and a black diamond."
Zelgadis stopped reading. "A black diamond?" he asked himself. He started thinking. Where could he find a black diamond? Those things were awfully rare. He thought back to anything and everything he had learned while in the service of Rezo, and remembered something. There was a small kingdom by the name of Derrin that was said to have a black diamond mine. It was one of the few places that did.
An Orihalcon beacon was easy enough to find. Almost every sorcerer or sorceress had one, and they were sold for fairly cheap at most magic shops.
With victory clean in his sight, Zelgadis stood up, and said, "All right! I will go to Derrin, and find a black diamond." He started walking in the right direction, and wondered if he should go back to Seyruun and tell Amelia that it would take a little longer than he thought it would.
Zelgadis shook his head, and asked himself, "Why am I thinking about Amelia all of the sudden? She knows I'll be gone a while, I don't need to tell her everywhere I go."
On that note, Zelgadis started heading for Derrin.
Unfortunately, it was a long way to Derrin, and Zelgadis was very impatient. Now that he knew that he could cure his body, he was restless to get to Derrin as quickly as possible. But it would take several days, if not a week, to get there.
He sighed, and just kept walking. While he walked, his mind wandered. He thought about what life would be like once he had returned to normal again. He also wondered how Amelia would react.
"There I go, thinking about Amelia again!" Zelgadis said aloud. "Enough already!"
After that, he did think, but he didn't let his mind wander. He was now wondering how he could possibly acquire an extremely rare and expensive black diamond.
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AN: Ooh! How will Zel find his diamond? No one knows! Except me! ^_^ -Shira