Leegaain waited for Solus to disappear before Warping them to their destination.
"Why did you follow us? I thought you would stay in my lab with Shargein." He asked Salaark who was still right beside him.
"I changed my mind. I want to meet our neighbors." The word "our" had never been so scary yet Leegaain feigned ignorance and led the way.
From the outside, Inxialot's moon lab looked like a three-story house made of stone with a wooden sloped roof. It even had a chimney that was puffing smoke. It was a cozy place suitable for romantic getaways rather than magical research. freewёbnoνel.com
"Before I forget, are there seasons on the moon?" Lith asked, his mind prompted by the sloping roof.
"Yes. As I told you, the moon and Mogar are one and the same. The seasons follow the same timing and cycle both here and there." Leegaain replied.
The door of the cottage was slammed open, letting the lord of the house out.
"It's a nice surprise seeing you, Leggie." Inxialot the Lich King looked like a desiccated corpse that had lost most of his flesh to the rot and retained only enough to express his emotional state.
His once luxurious mage robe was not in tatters, the grey of the dust covering the gold and red of what was left of the cloth. The gaping holes in the mage robe were filled with spiderwebs and those who had weaved them.
"Fancy a game of chess? I've trained hard and I've become really good at it." Inxialot asked.
"Maybe later. What about Lith?" The Guardian pointed at the youth.
"What about him? Why have you brought so many people here?" The Lich squinted his eyes in annoyance.
"You invited him and his wife here! I'm just their chaperone. Salaark followed us on her own." Leegaain said.
"Oh, yes! I forgot. Come in, please." Inxialot looked funny at Lith and Leegaain, making Kamila glad that they had plenty of protection.
The inside of the house was as cozy as the outside, with stone walls and thick carpets covering the wooden floor. The redwood furniture was elegant and in mint condition, unlike its master.
The door led directly to a dining room that was furnished with a stove, pantry, and a rectangular table filled with people.
At the head of the table sat a woman who looked to be in her early forties, about 1.60 meters (5'3") tall with seven streaks of different colors almost entirely covering her light brown hair.
Her dark brown eyes and features were human, but that was it. Her demeanor, aura, and the raw power she emitted were out of this world. Lith recognized her as Aylen Nagaar, the First Lich, Maker of all Liches, and Inxialot's mother.
At her right, there was Zolgrish, then Ratpack, and then a series of cats of different colors sitting on high barstools that brought them to the table level. Just like Aylen, they were holding pen and paper, playing the same game as the undead.
They all nodded and meowled at the guests for a second before focusing on their respective piles of cards.
At Aylen's left, sat a creature made of pure Chaos whose upper body resembled that of a human while the lower half shapeshifted from legs into a snake tail non-stop. His features were human, but scales popped in and out of his skin as well, giving the creature an eerie look.
"Hello. I'm Apep the Eldritch Apophis and I am…" The Eldritch rolled what Lith recognized as a d20 made of Adamant, even checking a reference table for the result. "Nice to meet you."
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