'Leech.' Orpal corrected her. 'There's no Lith here. Stop talking about him with respect. I'm your host now and forever.'
'Of course.' Night replied, having a hard time not having a good laugh at the "forever" part.
She didn't like Orpal much but he had his uses.
When Moonlight finally reunited with its masters, the pillars of darkness became as big as the crater, filling its every nook and cranny.
Each impact boomed like thunder, producing a localized quake and a shockwave that sent the bystanders flying like paper dolls. The members of the Knight Guard kept their tower shields raised while slowly retreating from the scene of the fight.
Together they generated a powerful barrier that allowed the boy, the Constable, and anyone smart enough to stand behind the Knight Guards to run away with their lives.
'This should be enough.' Orpal ceased the attack but kept weaving more spells. 'I won't believe Leech is dead until I see his unimprinted equipment.'
As the dust cloud settled and the darkness element dissipated enough to see through it, Life Vision showed the Dead King that somehow, Ragnar?k and the Voidwalker armor had escaped the onslaught.
They were both at a safe distance from the crater and they still bore Lith's energy signature.
'What? How is this possible?' The Horseman of Night and her host wondered in unison.
In answer to their stupor, a black liquid gushed from the cracks in the ground, growing and spreading into a humanoid form.
The form of Derek McCoy.
"Are you done, Poopie?" The Void said with a laugh.
With Lith's cloaking rings still attached to the Voidwalker armor, Orpal could see with Life Vision that while Lith's equipment was unscathed, the Abomination had suffered significant damage.
Yet he was recovering faster than someone using a breathing technique.
'Leech is almost stronger than when we ambushed him. How is it possible?' Orpal asked.
'With lots of nourishment.' Night telepathically clicked her tongue, cursing her own arrogance. 'Zeska is above a mana geyser, remember?'
She pointed at the massive flow of world energy that fueled the city arrays and rejuvenated the Abomination's body. Derek's talons were firmly planted in the ground, sucking the world energy along with all kinds of life forces.
'It's the reason we were so confident in our ambush. The mana geyser allows us to tap into Moonlight's true power but it also feeds Leech. We had no idea he had turned into a full Abomination and that led to our second mistake.'
Night shared her mystical senses with Orpal and what he saw left him appalled.
The shockwaves from his relentless attacks had wounded the bystanders, if not killed them on the spot. It had left a city block full of ripe fruits that the Void was squeezing dry. A network of tendrils spread from the crater to the injured citizens, robbing them of what vitality they had left.
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