Calen looked at Cassian expectantly.
"Well? Show us the things you found."
His friend produced a scrap of paper from his pocket, while Maya took out a dagger from behind her belt.
He took the strange blade and weighed it in his hand, carefully inspecting the weapon.
"You said he opened a portal with it?"
"And maybe created a physical barrier, yes."
"Hmmm..."
It reminded him of sacrificial knives from ancient times, rough and large, yet with a strange elegance. The blade and the handle were a single piece, as if cast instead of forged - what was even stranger its metal surface was linked with uneven indentations and scratch marks, like someone carved it.
"The dagger isn't enchanted, but there's a strange power to it, probably whatever horrific equivalent of magic the Blightborn use."
"Can we use it somehow?" Maya questioned.
