'I would love to stay and watch them fight. We could learn a lot from the Hordes, but I almost died by fighting a much weaker Puppeteer. That thing must be an Eldritch and there's no telling how powerful it is.' Lith said via the mind link.
'That's not just any Eldritch. He is Vareen the Plaguespreader!' Horror filled Aalejah's mind as she recognized their enemy. 'We need to get out of here fast!'
'If this is a test, where the fuck is the Council?' Athung asked.
"What the fuck is happening in Urgamakka and why did we lose the cameras?" Raagu said while calling Inxialot's Council amulet.
"Not now, old hag. This data is much better than that compiled by making the Hordes fight those greenhorns." An unknown voice replied before hanging up the call.
"Who was that?" Lotho called Inxialot as well, but the contact rune had suddenly become unavailable, a clear sign that the amulet had been stored inside a dimensional amulet.
"I won't stand for this bullshit!" Feela stood up, reading the Warping array that the Council had set up in the case the Lich pulled one of his shenanigans. "I told you it was a bad idea entrusting our kids to a madman."
"Then why didn't you volunteer to take his place?" Raagu said with a sneer.
"And waste days playing babysitter and rewarding that asshole for dumping his Council duties on us? No way!" Feela replied with a rage that turned into fear when the Warping Array failed to activate.
"Oh, shit. I'm afraid we have to call the Guardians."
"And tell them what? That we are unable to clean our own asses?" Raagu cursed non-stop at Inxialot's offline communication rune for a few seconds before giving up on the idea of getting back in touch with Urgamakka.
"How long would it take us to get there?" She asked.
"The city is located in the middle of nowhere so even if we combine our resources, it would take us a few minutes." Lotho said.
"Please, whatever attacked our students needed seconds to cut us off. Even if we get there in two minutes, it would be too late. I say we swallow our pride and ask for help. Guardians are still a part of the Council." Feela said.
"Is there nothing you can tell us from your link with the elf?" Raagu asked the World Tree.
"I'm sorry, but when the Hordes attacked, she lost consciousness and let go of the staff so- Call the fucking Guardians!" The Yggdrasill said.
Thousands of miles away from the Council, Aalejah had picked her staff up, allowing the representatives of the four races to discover that fear could even twist the bark of the First Awakened.
While Vareen managed to single-handedly take care of the nine Hordes that comprised the entirety of the Awakened fungal race on Mogar, his minions were tearing down the city as if it was made of paper-mache instead of stone and magic.
The Chaos they were imbued with allowed the Abomination hybrids to destroy any obstacle between them and their target while the defense mechanisms they met would just become fuel for their black cores.
"Help kids?" Ratpack pointed at a group of Chaos-infected creatures that were closing in to the apprentices.
"Right when things are getting interesting? Are you insane?" Inxialot asked as one of the Horde was hit by a Chaos spell that left no spore left, reducing them to eight. "Or not. Maybe they left some spare parts somewhere. They can still regen-"
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