The Violet Ascension
Far deeper into the Tarnstead territory, the remaining regional lords and their high-tier mages had abandoned their castles, retreating to a hidden subterranean sanctuary to coordinate a desperate counter-attack.
As Morok and Vaelith led the fourth battalion into the cavernous depths, the Tarnstead elites triggered their trap.
A barrage of blinding, crimson ocular tracking beams shot from the darkness, paired with a heavy psychological domination field designed to warp the minds of the Vanguard troops and force them to slaughter each other.
Vaelith slithered to the absolute front of the Vanguard formation. The Naga Spell-Weaver raised her chest, exposing the Basilisk Eye Pendant resting against her scales.
The artifact flared with a brilliant, petrifying light. It automatically caught the crimson tracking beams and violently reflected them straight back at the casters.
