The Great ntor wore a rather odd expression. His plans had been temporarily stalled by Kadi, and the shock Kadi had brought him continued to reverberate through his mind. In such monts, he dared not make any hasty decisions.
Kadi's pride surfaced at that mont. He was relatively unacquainted with the Great ntor. While familiar with the other monsters of Guru Mountain, the Great ntor was an unknown entity to him. He had never t the Great ntor before; he hadn't had the opportunity to approach the Stone House in the White Swamp. He had only heard that the King of the Monsters of Guru Mountain resided there. Later, while exploring the unknown regions of Guru Mountain with Igor, he finally t this King of the Monsters.
Initially, he couldn't accept this reality. However, after he and Igor listened to the Great ntor's stories, he understood why Kevin had always held the old man in such high esteem.
Now, he stood within a defensive circle with the King of the Monsters of Guru Mountain…
Kadi scratched his head. The peak of his pride and excitent had passed, and now he had to figure out what to do next. He had long forgotten his original task and had no intention of recalling it. His heart was still surging, making him feel as though he held the reins of control over everything here. Consequently, when he now spoke to the King of the Monsters of Guru Mountain, it was with a patronizing air, utterly devoid of the deference a junior should show an elder.
The Great ntor paid no mind to these things. His heart was in turmoil, his judgnt long gone, so he naturally wouldn't notice such details.
Kadi observed his surroundings. He had never sensed anything peculiar about the defensive circle, and so his pride swelled even further. His patronizing words once again echoed throughout the Great ntor's defensive circle.
Only at this mont did the Great ntor begin to recover his composure. The shock had been significant, but other matters had to proceed. He couldn't let this minor disruption derail his entire plan. His plan was disrupted, so it was ti to recalculate. Although this turn of events was frustrating, the reality of the situation compelled the Great ntor to reconsider his next move—or, more accurately, what needed to be done.
This was where the Great ntor differed from the Dark Force. If it had been Wizard Reed of the Dark Force in this situation, he would have been montarily surprised, then thodically proceeded with his plan to fight Kuyi Tulan to the death. The Dark Force wouldn't care whether the intruder, Kadi, was innocent, nor would they scruple to drag Kadi into a perilous situation. They prioritized results above all else, disregarding right or wrong. The Great ntor, however, was not like that. He didn't want to, and wouldn't, involve innocent parties. Thus, Kadi's intrusion had thoroughly unsettled him.
Unfortunately, Kadi was currently consud by pride and paid no mind to such subtleties. Then again, even if he were calm, he likely wouldn't consider them, as he had never been fond of overthinking things.
The Great ntor found the situation particularly thorny. He knew Kuyi Tulan; it was inevitable that Kuyi Tulan would covet a being with powers as unique as Kadi's. Therefore, the Great ntor felt that Kuyi Tulan had to be dealt with now, or there would be endless trouble in the future.
But the question remained: what should the Great ntor do about Kadi?
If Kadi remained here, an impending spell would strip him of all protection, causing him to vanish within the Moonflow Stream. This would be a disaster for Kadi, and deeply unfair, making him an unwitting sacrifice. However, the alternative was to send Kadi out of the defensive circle. While not difficult, the situation outside would be even worse. In the current circumstances, who could prevent Kuyi Tulan from capturing Kadi? Everyone else was immobilized, completely at Kuyi Tulan's rcy.
Moreover, if Kuyi Tulan captured Kadi, how could the Great ntor dare to launch such a desperate, all-or-nothing attack? He would be forced to hold back, fearing for the hostage's safety. Once Kadi beca Kuyi Tulan's captive, a living hostage, the Great ntor would be crippled by the worry of harming Kadi, no matter what thod of attack he considered.
Thus, the Great ntor found himself in an impossible dilemma. Retreat was unpalatable; Kuyi Tulan, this nacingly growing threat, would undoubtedly endanger their entire world in the future. Yet, to advance filled him with trepidation. Harming a hostage was unthinkable, and a magical being like Kadi could not be allowed to simply vanish here.
"Why is everyone still looking so surprised? It's making a bit embarrassed," Kadi remarked, once again lost in his own delusions.
Kadi's words snapped the Great ntor back to the pressing dilemma, yet they also brought a mont of levity. Who would have thought this one-eyed monster possessed such remarkable self-esteem?
The Great ntor considered telling Kadi that everyone was surprised by his unusual nature, but fearing it might dampen Kadi's current optimism, he refrained. And so, Kadi remained the only one within the defensive circle keeping up a stream of chatter.
"Sotis I don't want things to be this way either, but if it happens to , what can I do?" Kadi shrugged, implying he hadn't wished to beco this "hero" but had only stepped into the Great ntor's defensive circle out of necessity.
Watching Kadi, the Great ntor felt a fresh wave of conflict. What could he possibly do to both protect Kadi and eliminate Kuyi Tulan?
Unaware of the Great ntor's turmoil, Kadi continued to recount his own experiences, naturally with so exaggeration born from his inflated ego.
"I've never understood why things have to be like this. Wouldn't it be better if everyone could just talk things out nicely? Why all this fighting and killing, trying to ensure one side annihilates the other?" Kadi had harbored this confusion for a long ti. He genuinely didn't understand why the Great ntor would resort to such a life-or-death gamble.
"And why did you have to restrain Yuga and the others? They didn't do anything wrong, did they?" he added, occasionally speaking up for the other monsters.
"I just don't think what you're doing is appropriate!" Facing the King of the Monsters of Guru Mountain, Kadi showed not a hint of fear, only puzzlent. He felt that this King of Monsters, the Great ntor, was acting rather foolishly.
If it were him, he certainly wouldn't do things this way. He would use his own thods to resolve these matters. And Kadi, naturally, had his own thods.
The Great ntor had initially dismissed Kadi's words as irrelevant, believing Kadi to be in a sowhat delusional state. However, Kadi's assertion that "this isn't appropriate" piqued his curiosity. What kind of suggestion might Kadi have?
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