Fascinating, the drake's alien intelligence processed. The light-blessed mortal achieved temporary apotheosis, while the shadow-fire entity was completely unmade. This level of power exceeds our initial assessments.
Through methods that transcended normal communication, the drake transmitted its observations across impossible distances. Images, sensations, and tactical assessments flowed to where other dragons waited in distant lairs, each piece of intelligence adding to a growing understanding of the capital's true defensive capabilities.
The infernal knight's destruction was complete, it reported. But the divine transformation required significant energy expenditure. The mortals are vulnerable.
Suddenly, the scout's nostrils flared as its enhanced senses detected something new. A presence approached from above, something that carried the stench of death and corruption so powerful it made the drake's predatory instincts scream warnings of immediate danger.
