227 Commitment

"The Abyss?" Zagan's voice wavered. Not in fear, but in expressive disgust, the edges of his canid lips curling up in a half-formed snarl. "A foul place. A foul thing. Alien. Corruptive. The long-standing enemy of demonkind."

"Enemy?" asked Li, surprised.

"I share the lad's wonder," commented Old Thane as he put his hand to his beard. "Of all the many creatures that roam these lands, it is said only three kinds are above all. The dragons, the primordial spirits, and, finally, the demons."

"That does remind me. A little off the topic at hand, but what of angels? I've yet to see one or hear of them," said Li. He knew that in the game, angels and demons were, as they traditionally were, diametrically opposed to each other in the same way light and dark were.