"Do you know the reason you are still alive?" Mayor Aldric asked the Gnome held in his grasp. His eyes were cold and ruthless.
The Gnome could not answer. His mouth remained sealed by the Mayor's essence. All he could do was glare back with pure hatred.
Mayor Aldric knew the man could not speak, so he continued anyway. "When I told you we would wipe out every last one of you, you asked me with what army. Do you remember?"
He turned his head toward Grey and gave a single nod. Then, in a quiet but clear voice, he said, "This army."
The bunny leader appeared beside Grey without a sound. In the next instant, powerful auras began to flare one after another. Within the span of a few heartbeats, more than a hundred bunnies filled the sky behind Grey and the bunny leader. The pressure of their combined presence rolled across the Peak Sovereign battlefield like a heavy wave.
