"A competitor?" The Master couldn't believe their own ears. Those two words alone could mean that decades of hard work were at stake. If another Eldritch was involved in the purple crystal's disappearance, maybe it was an inside job all along.
It would have explained a lot of things. Abominations were fickle and greedy by nature, the only thing they respected was power. Eldritchs were the sum of their best and worst traits.
If any Abomination started to believe that the Master wouldn't be able to deliver on their promise, they wouldn't hesitate for a single second before betraying the Master.
"I believed every Eldritchs living on the Galen continent were on our side." The Master said.
"It could be an ancient one that just awoke from its slumber." Xenagrosh replied.
