‘None of them vanished when we were here, more’s the pity,’ he said sourly.
‘What about the others?’ Yatsu asked Yengar after a brief and bewildered pause.
‘They just carried on. We heard a faint shrieking noise like Vredech told us about.’ He grimaced. ‘It’s not a nice sound, even at a distance, but I suppose it confirms who they are.’
‘One down, two to go,’ Yrain said.
‘No, it’s eleven to go unless we keep our wits about us,’ Yatsu retorted curtly. ‘Don’t forget, none of us would have dreamt of attacking one of the old Uhriel and if the Memsa’s correct, which she usually is, these... creatures... are many times more powerful. Furthermore, I need hardly add, this is their world. We don’t even know whether this vanishing is to our advantage or not, yet.’ He looked across the blue-taint
