'Lith, you are the first Abomination hybrid to ever completely merge with their living part. Puppeteers and even the Master's hybrids still have the same problem as these creatures.
'The moment they run out of light energy, the only outcome is to either turn into an Empowered Abomination or disappear. These poor creatures are not Awakened and their mana cores are too weak to survive the process.
'They are nothing more than dogs on a leash that Vareen controls through the corrupted life force. Kill them, but do it quickly before we join their ranks!' Aalejah said.
Lith replied by hurling a stream of Origin Flames against a vulture, making it scream in pain. The mystical fire was the only form of energy aside from darkness that they couldn't feed upon.
The Origin Flames engulfed the agonizing bird, putting it out of its misery in an instant.
'It's kind of ironic for an Abomination hybrid to be equipped with both the best weapons against his own kind. Flames and darkness.' Aalejah thought.
'I'll make sure to tell big sis Xenagrosh if we come out of this alive!' Lith spewed out more Origin Flames while reminding the elf that as long as the mind link was on, they shared the same mind. 'Is there an easy way to get rid of them?'
'No. Otherwise everyone would have their copy of "How to kill an Eldritch". Just be quick because if Vareen focuses on us once he is done with the Hordes, we're dead!' She replied.
Meanwhile, the fungal Awakened were barely keeping the Eldritch Abomination at bay despite their numbers and centuries of experience. The Chaos that comprised Vareen's body turned any physical attack into a source of food and his spells countered theirs with ease.
Not only was Vereen older than most of the Hordes, but thanks to the limitless destructive power of Chaos, even his minions had the means to kill the countless spores that comprised the Awakened's bodies.
If not for their precaution of leaving a part of their bodies hidden somewhere before a fight, half of their population would have already been extinct. Unlike the other kinds of Abominations, only spells infused with willpower could damage an Eldritch.
That was because their bodies were akin to a black hole, absorbing the energy from everything that was in their vicinity, not from just what they touched. Without willpower, the mana and world energy that comprised a spell would be absorbed the moment it would come too close to Vareen.
The focus necessary to keep their own magic from replenishing the Eldritch's energy reserves made the Hordes' spells harder to control and limited their versatility.
"Get out of my way and you'll live. I've got no time to waste with failures!" The Plaguespreader said, knowing that between the Council and Salaark, he was on the clock.
For someone like him who had already reached the peak of the power of his Eldritch form, any further feeding was pointless.
"You must be stopped." The Hordes replied as the remaining five of them merged into a giant cloud of spores. frёeωebɳovel.com
Their racial affinity allowed the fungi to temporarily make their energy signatures match and become a single being.
In their new form not only did the Hordes achieve a body with superior mass, but also the ability to make their countless mana cores work in unison and conjure spells beyond the limits of what any bright violet-cored creature could.
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