Chapter 334 Ceasefire (2/2)

In essence, it was an absolute last resort akin to a suicide attack The entity would not resort to it unless it was absolutely pushed to the li the fact that the entity had spent decades recovering after the Monstering and still had just a er amount of life force, that indicated that Aldrich had time on the same scale of decades, if not over a century

However, he could not get corowth And he had to use his poith more pressure

The talk with the entity forced Aldrich to shi+ft the balance of his approach

Currently, he wanted to ith the world leaders, to listen to them and see orked best for everyone That was reasonable But the entity had tilted Aldrich's scale of approach so that he valued control over cooperation

Control was harsher Crueler But it was undeniably faster So long as one had the power to enforce it

"Arcadia, fly us back," said Aldrich "Use your telepathy to get directions froether in understanding and flew into the air, its huge butterfly wings sparkling like scintillating jewels under the sun With just one flutter, Arcadia brought the group up high into the air, and fro back to Haven

"Whew, at least we survived that," said Refraction, sighing deeply

"You sound like you actually went and fought anything," said Mollusk

"I may as well have, with all that mental pressure"

"To ease pressure after a battle, there is nothing that bests a talk, especially a doith Mollusk and Chiros with a friendly smile "So, tell me of your lives"

Aldrich left them to converse and headed up to Arcadia's skull where he looked ahead, thinking He felt Valera's tender hand on his shoulder

"Such a gentle touch I do not like it when I a, but for the sake of our warfather, I shall allow it," said Volantis

"This again?" Valera s care not to cause any real dae to Volantis or Aldrich

"Come now, that was a tooth of a drake I slew!" complained Volantis

"You can find another - look at how many creatures there are here!" countered Valera

"All of them upset my stomach Until the Mind Eater devises a way for me to devour them properly, I am bound to starve! I a tastes"

Valera sighed and ignored Volantis "Master, soid Stiff Cold It reminds me of how you hen I first saw you in this world

Is so amiss?"