A weapon, one more powerful and more deadly than any Caeden had ever seen, had ever conceived. A device created only to destroy, to drain life from miles around until nothing remained. Until every living thing within its radius was completely, utterly extinguished. “Lord,” he said softly, the beginnings of tears in his eyes at the horror he was being presented with. “This is … evil.” This is necessary, said El. This pains me more than anything, Tal’kamar, and yet it is my will. It is the act that will drive the Darecians to begin their studies. It is the act that will force them to flee south,
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