"It's already started?" I gasped. "Then is he already…here?"
Fyren shook his head. "These gates were part of the first wave. None of them, including Rash'alon's gate, should break until past the morning."
I breathed a sigh of relief. The cures gate had been scary enough. I didn't know if I could handle an actual curse demon lord without some time to calm down.
"Should we rouse the scions? We could be there by midnight," Zephyriss said.
I tensed, only to relax again as Fyren said, "We should rest for the night. Xiviyah's exhausted and needs to recover her mana."
"Arriving amid the Descent could turn ugly," Incinderus mused. "With hordes appearing everywhere, conflict would be inevitable. Better to save our strength."
