"Shit!" Humans raised prayers to the Overlord while the members of the Nest increased the number and frequency of patrols.
The Awakened Lords of the Desert's regions, instead, decided to postpone their meetings and establish an emergency truce with their rivals. If anyone, for any reason, were to draw the attention of Salaark while the paper was black, they would face her true form and fury, consequences be damned.
***
Meanwhile, back at the woodshop, Lith, Trion, and Raaz continued their lesson.
"Dragons are such cheats." Lith sighed.
"He's just a baby." Raaz shrugged. "Shargein has no malice. He was just trying to impress his mother, like you did back when, well, you were way older than him. Dragons are such cheats."
"And they are not the only ones." Trion glanced at Lith, knowing his brother could have obtained similar results by wearing the Eyes of Menadion.
