Chapter 4252  Unfettered Might (Part 2)

“You failed?” Ashtar Fhom asked in disbelief. “And your first thought was to bring whoever is after you to our doorstep?”

“No, I…” Sighorn’s voice trailed off as he realized the magnitude of his mistake. “No, no, no. Nobody can have followed me. There was no trace of Verhen when I left. He didn’t even kill anyone. It was the humans and the beasts who ruined everything.”

“The Human and Beast Council got involved?” Zilma Jorn asked. “So much effort to protect a bunch of mortals?”

“No, I meant the Queen’s Corps and Verhen’s beast friends from the Woods.” Sighorn shook his head.

“You’re making no sense!” Ashtar snarled. “How can fake mages and magical beasts slaughter a group of Awakened led by someone as powerful as Rayko? Explain yourself properly, you fool!”

“It was-” First came the tremors.

Something big, angry, and out for blood roared with such violence that the walls of the underground building trembled. The noise cracked the stone, blew out the Awakened’s eardrums, and cut Sighorn short.