Not Enough (Part 2)

"Disloyalty can be easily fixed, Your Majesty." Hystar replied. "Incompetence, instead, takes time and effort to be rooted out."

"How are things going out there?" She asked while conjuring the images from the external surveillance mirrors again.

"Not good. Can I go all out now?"

"I wanted to kill Phloria and secure Verhen's corpse. Only after destroying the enemy morale and slaughtering the champions of the pretenders was I planning to turn their despair into terror." Thrud said with a sigh.

"At this point, I'll take what I can. Do it."

Hystar bellowed in laughter as the power core of the lost academy went to full power. The world energy circulated through every one of its inhabitants, Thrud included. The blood of Arthan, Tyris, and Valeron was the best tonic the Golden Griffon could feed upon.