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“Ah, the mighty Durg!” Elnin said, turning to him. In the first meeting, Durg had called himself the "Mighty King of Dragons", much to Elnin's anger. However, over the years, this had become their way of joking when they greeted each other. For a moment, Elnin thought about how things that make you angry tend to get funny when circumstances change, but then he put it aside. No time for philosophy. It appeared his time might be coming to an end.

He nodded to Durg in greeting and said, “yes. I didn't actually like to believe it, but Anya's visions are true. These dark elves, apparently, are being controlled by some gem that this Mav-whatever has. I never remember his name.”

He had not spoken for a while, waiting for Anya to greet her customer and get back. However, he still looked at this new face out of the corner of his eye as he spoke “So, I just proposed, before you arrived, that I go and take a peek at this gem of his. If I can get a chance to destroy it, I will. If not, I'll know of the size, the guards, when they relax and put their shields down, and I'll get back to you with a plan. Feran here kindly offered to come with me, something I quite appreciate. This means one of us could keep watching this army while the other gets back to deliver the news. Meanwhile, Anya and Gustav,” he indicated the human with his eyes, “could go and ask for help. So, just in case I and Feran fail, there will be a big army in Nogard to greet them. Anya says that Nad is safe. I don't know how, but I believe her. Anya doesn't make assumptions lightly. However, speaking of Nogard and Nad, I think we should know of the protection, so we could figure out a way to get rid of this army.”

He turned to his wife and asked, “this protection that you speak of, can it hold back a third of the dark elf population?” He didn't ask her to reveal the protection and what it was, since he didn't want to push her. If she felt like talking about it, she would.

He looked at Feran and gave him a friendly smile. He had offered to come with him, despite their opposing views. That was a noble act that was not gone unnoticed by Elnin, even though Feran didn't appear to be much enthusiastic about it.