Chapter 80: The Chairman of the Alchemists Council
"What? The druid was kidnapped?!"
By the time the news reached Dippel and Gustavo Flynn, the two remaining council members, they were on the verge of losing their minds.
They had expected difficulties in the ritual, but this went beyond absurd. Not only had the lich escaped, the druid had as well. Worse still, undead were rampaging through the city.
Dippel was furious and nearly lashed out at Gustavo Flynn on the spot. After all, this was supposed to be Flynn's responsibility.
But he also knew that an argument would solve nothing. Suppressing his anger, he said coldly, "We must deal with the undead first. The girl has to be taken back alive. If they kill her, the plan will fail completely."
Gustavo Flynn frowned. "How did he know the druid was tied to the ritual?"
Flynn still had no idea how Ambrose seemed to know everything. It was as if he had seen the ritual in advance and knew how to best destabilize it each time.
There couldn't have been a leak. Only a handful of people knew the full picture, and those who truly grasped every detail were limited to the three remaining members of the Alchemists' Council.
One was Dippel, one was himself, and the last...