Chapter 134: Chapter 134
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As I was working on another experiment in my lab, Tor quickly formed along with a Skeld crawling out of his shadows. "There has been word." Tor stated. The source of this content is N0veII_bIn
Pausing what I was doing, I looked away from my current experiment and to my general. "Speak."
Tor surrounded the Skeld and lifted it helplessly into the air. "A small group of Skelds placed with Grog has been destroyed. It would appear The Anomaly is heading to the Desert Kingdom."
"Is Grog in place?" I asked as I went back to work.
"He is. Do you want him to engage?" My general inquired.
I thought about it for a moment. Tor was right when he said Grog likely wouldn't survive an encounter with Mordred, but the amount of magic he held still made him a threat. There was no guarantee he would lose, and if Mordred is weakened or caught off guard by the magnitude of his foe, it could lead to his fall. The Eastern Kingdom's time was limited, but if Mordred joins the fray, there is no telling what will happen.
Looking at my current experiment, I spoke. "How far has the transfer of our army progressed?"
Tor looked at me with a wicked grin that I matched. "Breeding them is easy as well."
"That is is."
However, his face took a more concerned expression for a moment. "What about the Goddess that hides in the depths below?" My grin quickly faded at that. "Will she not act?"
Moving over to a table that held a map, I pointed to an exact spot. "Crawlana... The Underwater Kingdom where the Seafolk reside. I have informed Grog to stay away from that forsaken place." I spat. "If not for that infernal Goddess, it would be easy to destroy and be done with it. However, much like the reason I was so keen to remove Mordred's influence from the Floating Stone Forest in the North, I cannot interfere with this place."
"Is the Goddess not sealed away?"
I eyed my general. "Is Fluffy sealed away?" My rhetorical question was met with silence. "Even inside a seal, she can still interfere with the outside world. We saw it at Klasteris."
Tor was silent for a moment before he looked back at me. "I could assist Grog and-"
Slamming my hands on the table, my mist quickly wrapped around him. "Do not presume to know what is best moving forward." My eyes glared into him as he shifted around to avoid my magic slightly. "Crawlana is guarded... I learned that the hard way. Fulfill the orders I have given you. Everything will be ours in due time."
The collection of shadows was my most trusted general and far more powerful than any of the others. He was comparable to me. However, Tor knew more than most and knew better than to make such a suggestion. Eyeing him, I wondered why he would make such a ludicrous suggestion. It mattered little in the end as there were more important matters to attend to.
My mist dispersed, and he backed away from me. "Of course." He quickly left with the Skeld in his grasp.
Pieces were starting to move. Crawlana might be one of them. Mordred and Rudnurth were back, along with Pestilence and Credo. Another group of Hunters was sent to the Hollow Forest to explore before being wiped out by some unknown creatures. Not only that, but several of my installations throughout Crevalis had been destroyed with no inclination as to who was responsible.
"Patience." I told myself quietly. "Patience... Everything will fall into place in time."