In a hilly region, far away from the main battlefield, yet another clash was about to unfold.
The Hermit stood all by himself as he faced the Stone Lord, Leland Haynam, and a Mana Core-level azirai under Volgron's command.
Even as the two sides prepared to fight, Leland couldn't help but turn toward Marden's battlefield in the near distance. The two battlefields lay adjacent to one another.
Why did he choose to fight them all by himself? Leland couldn't help but wonder.
Their side clearly had more Mana Core Magi. Yet Marden had been strangely insistent about fighting the two Ravenfell Magi alone.
Has he still not gotten over what happened at the Battle of Ravenfell? He wondered.
Leland could only come to the conclusion that this was Marden's way of completely cutting off all ties with the people he had once known. He understood that both Daniel and Nylian were like family to him. Well, at one point, anyway.
"Satiate my curiosity, human."
