‘If you have questions, instead, keep them for yourselves until we are done. Are we clear?’ Baba Yaga said via a mind link, and everyone nodded telepathically in reply.

‘Good.’ The Red Mother assumed her apex form and wore the Apprentice Hands and the Maw. ‘Lith, Dread Flames.’

Lith took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, releasing a gentle stream of silvery fire no wider than a baby’s finger. He infused it with great willpower, but when Baba Yaga Dominated his Flames, he opposed no resistance.

She brought the Dread Flames near the fractured areas of Zoreth’s life force while Lith ensured the Flames phased through Zoreth’s body and mana without hurting her. He also followed Valtak’s teachings and used the Dread Flames as an extra sensory organ.

Lith felt the silvery fire’s hunger and fury as it found the trail of the Cursed Elements, tugging at him to let it follow the prey like a hunting dog. Lith kept the leash tight, allowing the Dread Flames solely to cleanse the areas tainted by the Cursed Elements.

At the same time, Baba Yaga studied carefully how the different mana flows inside Zoreth reacted to the Dread Flames. Once she was done, she doused the shattered life forces with the silvery fire.

The hybrid side regained its strength while the wild Decay and Chaos slowly reverted into harmless light and darkness. The moment Zoreth’s vitals stabilized, Baba Yaga pulled the silvery fire away from a small portion of the fractured life forces and waited until they started reverting into Cursed Elements.