章 2523: Ubiquity (Part 3)

The group started to follow Ajatar's plan, attacking the magical formation at its center, where the density of the runes was the highest but where also there was no interaction with the rest of the network.

'Remember, we don't need to take it down. Only to temporarily loosen the spell enough for Lith to slip through undetected.' Ajatar said via the mind link.

Faluel's seven heads kept studying the hologram, passing any new information she inferred to the Drake who was in charge of dealing with the array. The younger Awakened acted as his limbs, following his directions and focusing solely on keeping the portions of runes he had already unraveled in stasis.

The scene reminded Lith of an operating room where a surgeon cut open the patient while the rest of the staff made sure he hadn't to worry about anything but the task at hand.