Bab 3274: Sacrifice for Power (Part 1)

Oghrom Myrok's armor possessed such cloaking spells that no matter the form it took, it was impossible to distinguish it from common clothes.

The cloaking means of the Royal Fortress armor Jirni wore had fooled even the World Tree and escaped their Soul Vision.

"You must be really fucked up in the head to believe a woman at my stage of pregnancy would jump in the maw of danger without a plan." Jirni's excited voice betrayed the cruel smile hidden by her helm's visor. "That's the first good news I received today."

She grabbed both halves of the Puppet and slammed them together, opening cracks that spread from the point of impact to the rest of its wooden body. Before the two sides of the Puppet made contact, she injected a spark of Life Maelstrom and her best healing spell inside the wood.

The cracks opened and closed in quick succession while the newly sprouted tendrils tangled and fused with each other, restoring the Puppet's original form.