A wry grin crept up Voyse’s face.  This was the moment he had been waiting for.  His wounded hand reached down to a pouch on his belt to produce the oh-so-desired artifact.  In his hand rest the Adept’s Stone.  Roik nearly fell over at the site of the stone once again. “Y-you retrieved it after all!?  Amazing, sir, simply amazing!” Roik said excitedly, clasping his hands together. “Indeed…and with this second artifact we’ll take all of Koanye…” Voyse said, hardly show his elation like Roik.  “I want everything you found out about this second artifact immediately!” Roik nodded and quickly began producing scrolls, books, and letters from his desk.  Voyse took a step back, surprised at the amount of information his councilor had already gathered in his absence.  “We had some spies searching in the other regions.  Our spy from Benafoli ran into an anonymous informant who was very willing to supply information.  Strange thing was, our spy said this informant was very interested in the artifacts like us.” Voyse sat down on the ground, tapping his chin as he began reading over all the information before him.  “I see…get a contact with that spy.  I want to speak with this ‘informant’ personally.” Roik looked at his guild leader curiously before moving out of the room on his assignment. “One more thing…” Voyse said before the man could leave.  “Let everyone know their leader has returned with the Adept’s Stone.  Help the morale and all that stuff…”  Roik agreed and left. “The Gauntlet of Elders…perfect,” Voyse said quietly as he read over text on the second artifact.  The assassin’s hand fell down around the Adept’s Stone and a wry grin crept up his face.