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Death Call, instead, was one of Lith's personal spells .
It conjured four dense constructs made of darkness magic that he could move as if they were his limbs . Once they looked like tentacles, but after fighting Thrud Griffon Lith had learned how to alter their shape at will .
He had chosen to make them look like wings, as a cover in case he had to shapeshift and to not give out their purpose to his opponent .
"Calm down, I'm not here to fight . " Athung said, swallowing a lump of saliva . "My name is Athung Soranot and I'm here on behalf of the Council . We need to talk . "
She decided to go all out as well, spreading a blue aura that was just an aura and preparing her best spells in case she needed to buy some time to escape .
'Lith has interacted with Awakened more than once, he can't be that much of a country bumpkin anymore . Mentioning the Council should calm him . I can't afford a fight .
'Not only because of Raagu's orders, but also because if the Queen's corps meddle with this, I'm as good as dead . ' She thought, hoping that Lith wasn't the madman his personal file described .
A flick of Lith's wrist Blinked Kamila inside his house, letting him free to speak or fight as he saw fit .
"I've nothing to say to the Council . The last time I dealt with one of you, I almost got killed!" Lith was referring to Inxialot the Lich, who had forced him to partake in a ritual fight to the death against a vampire, but Athung had no way to know it .
"I assure you that the Council was unaware of the deeds performed by the rogue Awakened you faced in Zantia . Forbidden magic is a crime and their masters' have been already been punished according to the Council's law, so the issue can be considered as settled . " Athung replied .
'Those six nutjobs too were part of the Council? And here I thought that the Griffon Kingdom was fucked up . Guess the Council takes the cake . ' Lith thought, adding Zantia to his grievances with the Awakened community and wondering if Treius had also been part of such a viper's nest .
"Settled my pale ass . " Lith said . "Every time I met an Awakened, I had a fight to the death . First, the idiot from the desert who tried to merge with the Black Star-" an almost imperceptible flinch in Athung's eye corner confirmed his suspicions .
"-then that crazy Lich, and finally those idiots . I already have enough troubles abiding by the Griffon Kingdom's laws, I've no reason to waste my time with another bunch of incompetent imbeciles . Scram . "
Lith moved forward and several spheres of mana appeared in mid-air, surrounding his enemy . Athung was impressed, but far from scared . As far as true magic went, Lith was clearly a self-taught and had yet to show anything remarkable to her .
"How can you be so blind?" Athung repeated word by word the same pitch that Raagu had used over a decade before to entice Athung into becoming her apprentice .
"It's your first real opportunity to meet other people like you . People that will live as long as you do and that have answers to questions that you probably have yet to think about .
"Our magical legacy is as ancient as Mogar itself, it's greater than Silverwing's or of that of any other human mage you'll ever meet . Aren't you tired of hiding who you are? To practice the humans' fake magic?
"I'm not offering you a cage, but a place where you belong . A place among people who can help you carve your path in life .
"Awakened are a tight-knit community with rules that are meant to protect you, not to imprison you . If you come with me, you'll become part of something much bigger than the army of this insignificant Kingdom .
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