Ensnared (Part 1)

While Solus and Strider checked the perimeter from the ground, Lith took flight to observe the situation from above.

He used his Tiamat eyes to look into every shadow and possible hiding spot for over half a kilometer, but found nothing. Lith even took a deep scan of Strider to appease his paranoia, making sure that he was the Zouwu Lith knew and that there was nothing suspicious about him or his equipment.

'That does it! I need therapy.' Lith thought while coming down to the ground after the Eyes of Menadion confirmed everything he already knew about Strider.

'The quickest way to smoke Vidun out is using Disarray.' Strider proposed via a mind link. 'We'll tear his defenses down and force him to surrender.'

'What about the grimoire?' Solus had a hard time keeping anger out of her thoughts. 'What if you blow it up or the pages get burned?'