Julian could feel the tension, the suffocating presence of guilt and regret. He knew he had to break the silence. "And how did he get sealed? Was he not healing?"
Amir's face darkened, the guilt in his eyes growing deeper. "After they all left, our deity stayed in that place, waiting for their return. But Morthet, sensing the presence of the Preserver, took advantage of his vulnerability. He dragged him to the cavern you saw yesterday and sealed him there with an unorthodox method."
Julian's brow furrowed as he processed the new information. "So, he wasn't just abandoned... he was trapped."
Amir's gaze became colder. "Morthet was vile. He left the method to unseal behind, knowing that the only way to break the seal would be to sacrifice a living being—something our deity would never willingly do."
Even in his final moments, Morthet played them like puppets, Julian thought bitterly.