The six surviving mages remained trapped inside the transportation facility, sealed in the dark with the lingering, charred remains of their friends and colleagues who had been burned to death.
Isiah departed the ruined complex at extreme speed, tracking Eijar's energetic signature across the vast territory. He couldn't comprehend how this deviation had occurred while Eijar was stationed with them.
Naturally, Eijar possessed more than enough power to resist being manipulated by Ethyl, leading Isiah to deduce that something monumental must have transpired in his absence.
He summoned Jaffar into the freezing air immediately. Jaffar manifested in a state of absolute shock, surprised to find Isiah still grounded in Emperium, having assumed his master had long since leveled up to Afan. But when the dark mage called upon him, Isiah simply spat in the Gowarian language, "That bitch."
