His previously happy and joyful mood, had also been quenched thoroughly by the simple glare that targeted him, from a position that he wasn't paying attention to earlier.
By the time he looked towards the direction where he felt the glare originate from, in depression, fear and terror, Jaiym and Rufut had already left his tavern, and moved away from view. So he could only sit deliriously on the grass chair next to him in doubt, and fear of what just happened to him, unable to figure out the cause of it.
But after a bout of deep breaths that seemed to hurt his lungs painfully, he quickly decided to close down his tavern for the day, due to the sickening feeling that he felt all over his body, that seemed to be getting worse by the minute.
'Maybe I was too excited earlier, causing my old heart and body to give out on me? What was I excited about again? Oh, yeah! Taboo! I still need to figure out how to make my new signature dish Taboo! As a famous chef from years ago, many of my old friends will definitely be jealous if I can make another prized dish!' Nubta thought to himself in glee, even as his health seemed to worsen. Only after 3 minutes of exhaustion did he finally scream for help. Before, he was too busy coming up with a list of ingredients to worry about his health, now it seemed he was truly going to die if he didn't cry for help.
After calling for help, he was quickly helped by the people nearby, and carried away to another grass hut, where he was attended to by an apothecary.
After leaving the tavern in disgust, Jaiym and Rufut slowly made their way through the crowded street. After walking for a couple of minutes, Jaiym opened his mouth and said to Rufut. "You should probably go check up on your elder sister. Ralif may need your help where she went. I believe the reason she had to leave in such a hurry is likely related to the corpse race.
I'll walk around for a few more hours, in order to investigate this kingdom a bit more before I head back home."
"Sounds good to me." Rufut replied with a confident smile. After replying, something strange started to happen. In-between his two feet, a tiny white circle magically appeared on the ground. It first appeared as a tiny dot, before quickly expanding on the ground into a large white circle big enough to surround his entire body. The moment the circle grew large enough to surround Rufut's entire body, his entire body quickly sank into the circle, as if he was diving feet first into a pool of water.
With a small splashing sound, waves flowed across the white dot as if it was a body of water, before it quickly disappeared from sight. From the moment the white dot appeared to the moment Rufut rapidly sunk into it, only less than a second of time had passed.