Glemos' six eyes opened, attuning to the element that fueled whatever object his traitorous son had taken out in order to neutralize it. Yet his readings came negative and only when an emerald portal opened did Glemos understand what had happened.
"A Spirit artifact?" Glemos didn't like using the Tyrannical Eye since it would leave him exposed to elemental magic, but he had no other choice. "Ekidna, restrain the traitor!"
Yet she remained still, hoping that whoever was about to step through the portal was the answer to her prayers.
Glemos cursed both her and Morok as he used Domination to close the Warp Steps before it was too late, yet something stopped him.
"Nice try, sucker." Faluel the Hydra stepped entered the room in her humanoid hybrid form, all of her eyes ablaze with emerald energy as her Domination countered the Tyrant's and kept the dimensional tunnel stable.
She wore the Hands of Menadion on her heads as crowns, with each elemental gem placed on the head of the corresponding color. Faluel used the artifact to boost her innate abilities and neutralize the defensive arrays of the lab at the same time.
"You have come to your death, Hydra. You can't hold my defenses and fight me at the same time. You may have seven heads, but only one mana flow." Glemos said.
"You are right. Beating your ass is my job." The human form of Ajatar the Drake appeared right behind her, making the Tyrant's heart skip a beat at the thought that more reinforcements would follow.
"Are you insane? If you reveal the existence of Domination to the Council, your species will kill you. Are the lives of a few apprentices worth your own?" Glemos gave up on the Tyrannical Eye, splitting it into six and readying for the battle.
When the portal closed behind Ajatar, The Tyrant sighed in relief just to furrow his brows in surprise.
"I haven't revealed it to the Council, just to a trusted friend." A snap of her fingers opened the shackles that bound Lith and the others. "Only an idiot never shares and only a fool would break into an Awakened's lair alone."
Glemos ignored the provocation, aware that the Hydra had mentioned his previous defeat at the hands of the Drake just to cloud his judgment.
"How did you know I was behind this?" He asked.
"We didn't." Ajatar replied. "But I found it suspicious that the monsters would make mistakes that allowed us to discover their presence only when I was too busy to personally deal with them.
"Just like I found it suspicious that you didn't try to drag me in front of the Council to get your son back. I didn't Awaken Morok and coming from your bloodline, you had solid arguments to become his new mentor, yet you didn't do anything.
"It was almost as if you wanted to stay away from your son so that in case something happened to him, no one would have suspected you. I had no reason to assume your involvement in the monster incursions but I knew you were scheming something to get to him.
"That's why I gave Morok a Spirit Warp terminal."
"I underestimated you, lizard." Glemos' eyes shone, activating the full force of the arrays while readying himself to take control of any spell that Ajatar may throw at him.
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