บท 1081: A Second Confrontation

"It's too bad." 

A slow smile crept over my face as I felt the clone's energy dissipate, its existence finally succumbing to the limits of my magic.

"Couldn't hold it together any longer." I muttered, taking stock of my own state. 

Despite the strain of maintaining the clone while staying within the labyrinth, my strength was almost fully recovered.

But there was another problem at hand. 

Oberon. 

I couldn't exactly stroll out of this forest unnoticed. 

'The timing of my clone's disappearance was less than ideal; I would have preferred it to maintain the ruse for a while longer.'

But what was done was done.

My initial plan had been to slip away while my clone distracted the Fairy King, but that option had evaporated along with the clone.

"Well, it can't be helped." I took a deep breath, mentally preparing myself.