"Good thinking." The Shadow Dragon nodded. "Sit down. There’s a lot I need to say."
The Master conjured several chairs and as many tendrils of Spirit Magic, allowing Zoreth to form a mind link with everyone.
’The last thing she needs is reliving her trauma over and over.’ He thought. ’Once is already too much.’
Zoreth shared everything about her capture, Raum’s origins, and his plans. She left out everything about Solus’ tower, the treatments she had received, and the methods Lith had employed to cure her. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
The Shadow Dragon closed the mind link by explaining her newfound abilities, but not how she had discovered them or her training methods.
"Damn." Tezka said. "Your brother was crazy. Raum, I mean."
"Thank the gods Bytra called for Lith’s help." Kigan nodded. "Only a Guardian could defeat an Eldritch of that caliber inside his own lair."
"How much stronger have you become, exactly?" Orulm asked.
"In my Dragon form? I have no idea." Xenagrosh shrugged. "I spent most of my time in my humanoid body since I can turn into a Dragon whenever I want. If I had to guess, however, I’d say that I’m as strong as when I forced my cores to merge."
"Except that now there is no time limit or backlash." Orulm pointed out. "That’s your natural condition."
"There’s more." Zoreth said. "Now I have unlocked both my human and troll powers. Nelia, I’d like to give another go at Light Mastery with your help."
"If you have half the talent for light magic the trolls of old had, it should come easy to you." The Griffon nodded. "Call me whenever you are ready."
"I’ve noticed you’ve left out many things in your story." Vastor said. "Care to explain?"
"Rest assured that I have not betrayed your secrets, Father." Zoreth replied. "I am simply keeping Lith’s as well. He asked me not to share anything of his research with you, and that’s what I’m going to do.
"You are free to study my life force, but don’t expect any explanation from me."
"I understand and respect your wishes." Vastor nodded. "Just a few questions. Kigan and I are evolved humans as well. Can you teach us how to use our powers?"
"No." Zoreth shook her head. "That’s part of Lith’s secrets. Ask him, not me."
Orulm snarled, and a few hybrids clenched their hands in fury, but no one complained.
"That’s fine." If the Master was upset, it didn’t show. "Did you learn anything during your stay in the Desert that you can share with us?"
"Not really." She sighed. "I was in so much pain the whole time that I could barely think. There is one thing I have to say, however. For the time being, I’ll do everything you want, but only about procuring and delivering inanimate resources.
"I don’t want to have anything to do with the test subjects for your experiments anymore."
"Same here." Bytra squirmed on her chair, wringing her hands.
"Are you sure?" Vastor’s expression hardened, but his voice remained calm.
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