Cabal immediately withdrew from the semi giant ape clan. Of course , he orchestrated an attack that would utter cripple their fighting force , and pretended to die in that battle , in order to keep his cover.
After all , the main purpose of this mission was to grow stronger as quicker and quietly as possible to prevent news of his existence from reaching the other generals. If by some careless mistake on his part , word reached them about a strange creature and they decided to look into it, he'd be screwed.
Anyway, after crippling their fighting force , Cabal secretly snuck out and was taken back to the capital. A conference was held , where all the leaders of the races under the Phoenix Queen were summoned.
......
Cabal sat at the base of the now dead throne and looked upon the summoned leaders. Each of them had a solemn expression on their faces , as they awaited news. All the leaders apart from the dwarf king were present. In fact that was the only reason why the meeting hadn't started. They were waiting for him.
"Let's start already. We don't need to wait for that useless bastard. His race won't make much of a contribution towards the rescue mission anyways. "
Cabal glances at him briefly, but said nothing. As the one who was second in status only to the Phoenix Queen , he had a higher rank than the Werewolf king , and as such didn't reign to respond to such a statement.
No matter how proud Mongrel was , he was still a loyal servant. And as such , his loyalty currently resided with the golem.
"I'm here," suddenly behind them , Dwarvens voice sounded. He looked as haggard and exhausted as he sounded , and Cabals heart went out to him.
"What took you so long," Mongrel growled. "Our mistress is in trouble, yet you have to guts to saunter into this emergency meeting late. "
Even the elf king and the leader of the birds of prey leveled a chilling look at him. Taking a moment to catch his breath , Dwarven looked at all of them. "I can't believe that you all have such low expectations of me. I know that my race can't help much in battle , so , since the moment I heard that something had happened to the Queen , we've been working overtime , preparing weapons and the like for your use. "
He pulled off a necklace that was around his neck , dropped it onto the floor ,stomped it before took a few steps back. There was a bright flash of light , and many swords and bows appeared. Mixed into it was Armour for both humanoids and avians.
Cabal sat straighter with an interested look on his face. He all but stopped himself from drooling. If it wasn't for the crisis , he would've loved studying forgery and blacksmithery under Dwarven. He shook himself back to attention and turned to face the other leaders, all of which had shocked and guilty expressions on their faces.
"So , what else are going to accuse me of, "Dwarven said in a cold voice. The other leader subconsciously took a step back as though struck. They surreptitiously glances at each other before lowering their heads in shame.
Cabal cleared his throat to draw the attention back to himself. "We can talk about this later , when our venerable leader isn't missing. "
The others nodded and stood up straight. Cabal sighed internally. This is so stressful.
[VOD activate the trace function. Search for the Phoenix Queen Renova. ]
[Confirmed. Searching for the hosts patron. Searching ...… ]
[error. Error.]
[ There is an outside force interfering. ]
[Initiating forceful search. ]
[Warning. Forcefully searching for the target can cause damage to the host. Do you want to proceed. ]
Gritting his teeth , Cabal conformed , and descended into a haze of pain.
His vision contorted as agony flooded his brain. It was like there was a massive hammer treating his brain like a bell and smashing it over and over again. He almost couldn't do it. Almost. "
He seems red what the Phoenix has done for him. Recalled the risks that she had to bear in order to take him in. But she had done it. He didn't know the reason, but she had shouldered the responsibility to taking care of him.
With her as his patron , he felt supported for the first time in his life. Like nothing could go wrong. Even when he fought for the ape clan , he didn't truly feel alone. He sort of always kinds of felt that she was watching over him.
Now , it was his turn to return the favor. It was time to rescue her.
Through the pain that flooded his consciousness , he got a vague feeling. It was like trying to recall something that you have knowledge on. It was at the tip of your tongue , but you just couldn't get full access.
Ad time passed , that vague feeling became stronger, until.….…
Gasping for breath , he mouthed , 'get me a map of the Eldritch Forest '
Kurt before he collapsed, he pointed to a point on he map. "We'd better hurry. I feel like she's in terrible danger. And just like that, he was gone. Fading into the silent embrace of his unconsciousness.