The scarred Gnome stared in disbelief. He and his companion were both Ninth-stage Sovereigns, yet Grey had disabled the other so easily that it looked as though no resistance had been offered at all.
*How could he not even fight back?*
The thought barely finished forming before the scarred Gnome's eyes flicked from Grey to the pale, frightened face of the sealed Gnome. A sudden realization struck him. Alarm bells rang in his mind and he roared without hesitation.
"Keep your puppets! It's Grey Dawson!"
The scream snapped every Gnome back to reality. Only Alice and Reynolds remained unmoved; both had already prepared to attack.
The warning spread pure terror through the Gnome ranks. Every one of them still had their puppets summoned.
The scout leader had just begun pulling his puppet back when a dangerous surge of energy locked onto him. He never expected Lewis to strike at that exact moment.
