"An interesting question, what brought it on?" Sylara asked.
"The fact that we almost died because of one yesterday."
The Guardian sighed.
"I've got bad news for you - that wasn't an Ancient one."
"... excuse me?"
"It looked like one, but it was just an avatar bearing a fraction of its soul. If it was the real thing, I wouldn't have been able to dispatch it with a single strike, those guys are pretty tough."
So the creature that was able wipe them out in a second was just an insignificant pest compared to the real Ancient ones - wonderful.
"If they're so overwhelmingly powerful, how do the Blightborn deal with them?" Elira asked.
"They don't. Those beasts are just as much of an issue for them."
The alchemist frowned.
"I thought that with enough power they could control any corrupted creature - are there no Serakhiin strong enough to face them?"
'When did she learn that?' Calen thought.
Geodor was the one to respond:
