"Impossible," the Medusa Lord said without hesitation, shaking her head in refusal. "This is my trump card against the Blade of Venom. Without it, it would only be a matter of days before I am assassinated."
"Then I'll compromise. Let it return all the souls and shadows of our warriors it has swallowed," Gaven proposed a new condition.
"That's easy," the Medusa Lord agreed readily. To demonstrate her sincerity, she immediately commanded the Nightshadow Sky Cavalry, "Shadow, release them."
"As you command," the Nightshadow Sky Cavalry responded, who, like the other Nightshadows, belonged to the Sage Undead.
Following a single gesture with his Shadow Blade, a series of shadows appeared before him, poised to strike them down.
"Leave them to me, you need not trouble yourself," Gaven acted swifter than him, his own shadow stretching out beneath those Shadow warriors and forcibly engulfing them, dragging them into the Tower of Dominion for temporary suppression.
