The Ascendants were unlucky if Rowan did not have the Eye they would have succeeded, and now freezing time was no longer an option against Rowan.
His Ouroboros Serpents, with their new cunning, had waited for the right moment to strike. Acting as if they were under the time-stop ability, the serpent had resisted its hunger long enough for one of its Prey to come close enough before it struck.
For its patience, it was rewarded with a surge of Aura that dwarfed everything it had collected from the entire continent of New Hope, ten times over. The purple cube at the ends of their tail began to swell as a massive wave of blue Aura of Ascendency filled it to the brim.
There were two prime sources of energy in this world, Ascendant and Malefic. When someone earns the qualification to become an Explorer they are granted two options, follow the Ascendant path or the Malefic path.
