Chapter 18: The Path of Shadows

The psionic fluctuations in the air gradually subsided, and in its place, an image appeared in front of everyone. Two star spirits that had never been seen before, Renault thought to himself, and the two star spirits were talking at this time.

"Phoenix, your defense in the Antioch Organisation has changed my suspicion of the Templars, and it seems that I need to reassess the matter of Tassadar... The elder star spirit's voice was tired, and beside him stood a tall and mighty Templar.

"Ha, Aldares, that's great, you really should take a good assessment," Tassadar interjected slightly mockingly, breaking the silence at once, "I hope everything you say will be fulfilled"

Aldaris began to look around, but he didn't see him, "Tassadar, where are you?" "Has he returned? This can't be, the sheriff thought to himself.

"Relax, it doesn't matter" Tassadar didn't want to answer, apparently, he had more important things, "Listen, I can't waste time now, what I'm going to say is extremely important", he greeted Phoenix.

"Who do you think you are, you sinner" Aldaris was enraged by his attitude"

"That's enough," he interrupted the sheriff's accusation, "I'll talk about it later, the insects retreated after the capture of the human capital, and I was sent to a planet called Char on my way back, which is the base camp of the insects" He paused, "Of course, it also attracted others, including Naira and his mother"

"Naira's mother? Those heretics? Are you with them? Sure enough, you have fallen so much with heretics! "What did Aldaris hear? He couldn't believe that a proud eldest son of God, even though the defeat on the battlefield could be attributed to decision-making problems, was now staying with those heretics and degenerates, what did he want to do?

"Whatever you think, listen up, magistrate" Tassadar's eyes glowed with a pale blue glow, unusually bright, "From the information I received from Zeratula of the Dark Templars, the master of the insects that invaded the El does not directly control the insects, but gives orders through brain worms, that is"

"In other words, if you eliminate the brain worm, the alien worm will be chaotic?" After receiving an affirmative reply, Phoenix was visibly relieved, "Thank you very much, Tassadar, we will take advantage of this news"

"Wish I could trust you again, Tassadar," Ardares said

"Wait, I'm not done yet, about Naira's mother...

"That's enough, Tassadar, there's a limit to my patience," the magistrate roared, "You've really fallen for them, you're trying to cover them up, we'll take care of these things in our own way" This time, even Phoenix beside him looked puzzled, "You must return to El immediately, the troops to escort you are about to arrive, I hope you don't be too surprised" Aldaris said inexplicably.

"I'm only concerned about Al's battle situation at the moment, and as for orders, he can't sway me" Tassadar was unmoved, "I'll go back at the right time"

The call ends, and the light curtain dissipates. Renault thought to himself, if you want to go back, you need a spaceship.

"Hey, wait, that Aldaris said there was an astral force heading here? Did I hear me right? Renault said incredulously

"Well, if he didn't talk nonsense, then, you should have heard it right, brother" Zeratul said aside, "It seems that the rotten star spirits of the High Council are still so stubborn" He comforted Tassadar, "Don't worry about us, we have already seen it"

But Tasadar did not let go, "Thank you for your help, Zeratul, maybe my people have a chance"

"Let's hope they don't make things worse" The Dark Sect is not optimistic, "Attacking the brain worm directly is not effective"

"Why? Didn't you destroy it? ”

"Your power is strong enough to destroy their bodies, but the Juggernaut will resurrect them through the link of spirits, and the only way to destroy them is to destroy them with the innate power of our star spirits" He looked at Tassadar, and the meaning was already obvious.

But Tassadar was a little hesitant, and he decided to wait a little longer to see if he could try to cultivate this power, and maybe things would turn around.

"What are you hesitating about? Your power is only a semblance of true power, it is diluted by your Kara and confined to your fears, which make you work out and limit you, and it resonates with your hearts and uses psionic energy more gently, but it also limits the development of the individual and obscures the energy we use for what it is."

"You mean the Kedarin Crystal?"

"Yes, it can neutralize the energy rage and absorb it as energy, but you've probably tried to send out a blade of light without the help of a medium gauntlet made of it," Zeratul said with certainty

"Yes. . . The "

"You're more talented than I ever imagined, you're the second Templar I've ever seen like that," Zeratul thought of Artanis, the equally powerful and younger Star Spirit.

"Well, then, teach us the power of the original," Tassadar finally decided, but he wondered who the star spirit in Zeratul's mouth was, but, out of politeness, he didn't ask.

"Then," Zeratul glanced at Renault, "these abilities and talents are fundamental to our existence, and can only be shown to our race, and this knowledge obtained from Arden in the first place will eventually be returned to his successors."

Although he didn't say it explicitly, Renault understood Zeratul's warning, and he stood up, "I'll go out for a while and see how my boys are doing."

"I'm sorry" Tassadar stopped him, "James Renault is our ally, but also our friend", Tassadar used this word for the first time to refer to a foreigner, and all the stars present were shocked, including Renault and Zeratul. However, the Dark Sect then looked at the Templar with relief.

"Thank you" Renault was touched, "but I'll get in your way"

"No need to thank, we are friends, we are brothers, you don't get in the way"

"Yes, the knowledge I'm going to teach next requires a connection between our minds, so you can't participate, however, I'll share it with you as much as I can so you can get to know us" The Dark Sect turned his head to look at the Templar, "Tassadar, you transcend the boundaries of race, and your emotions make me admire"

Reynolds watched all of this, he could stay, he wanted to know about the Star Spirit race, the Templars had invited him to participate in this momentous moment, and any hesitation or refusal would be an insult to the title of friend.

"Then, I will witness this moment" The three open-minded guys looked at each other and smiled, and a kind of bond was generated in everyone's hearts.