“That proves Garullon has made up a lot of stories to deceive you”, Prof Adkins said. Jeremy had sat down with them but he still held the Sceptre tight, though he didn’t know how to use it. “That’s what his pretty young face is for: to deceive people and make them achieve his goals.”
“What are his goals? To destroy you?”, Jeremy objected. “Because I think if he were as powerful as you claim he is, he should be doing that already”.
“Listen, Jeremy! If he wants you to work together, he only had to make you think you both were working towards the same goal. He needed you to believe he was helpless. His goal was to get the Sceptre in your hands. It would make him nearly unstoppable. I was relaxed and confident that he would never lay his hands on the Cosmic power but… it seems you’ve helped
