C199 It Was You Who Forced Me to Do It!

So, it didn't go as you hoped, did it?

Igrel lay on the ground, his right claw clutched at Cole's throat, while his left was pinned down. Two new black claws, emerging from the magic array, seized Igrel's flank, rendering him immobile.

The holy tree's efforts to repair the magic array were halted by those claws, forcing the array to expand once more. The claws' owner