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In fact, Hector was debating sending them more reinforcements. It was a tough situation, though, because who would he send? If this Thaddeus guy was such a problem that even Leo and Melchor working together were having difficulty putting him down, the it'd probably require someone pretty damn powerful to actually provide assistance. Sending the wrong person or group of people might just make things even worse.

That, and he had the impression that they wanted to finish this themselves. Like a pride thing. They hadn't expressed a desire for reinforcements to be sent, and from the way their reapers were talking, they sounded fairly confident that their victory was inevitable.

But still. Not long ago, Hector had been quite confident that the Sandlords would kick the crap out of Abolish.

He didn't want to make that mistake again. True, the Vantalay team was strong as hell, but this war was full of surprises so far.

He wished he could go to Vantalay himself. And indeed, he found the notion more appealing with each passing day. Yeah, he was busy with meetings and shit, and it definitely wouldn't look good for Atreya--and now Lorent, too, perhaps--if he got caught up in that mess publicly, but...

Apparently, the Vantalay team had gotten their hands on some aberration-made rings that could render them invisible. So if he were to go over there personally, it would be a lot easier to lay low...

But getting into the country would still be a big problem, of course. It wouldn't be like Lorent. Vantalay was an active war zone, with battlegrounds shifting constantly. Any number of things could go wrong. It'd be a huge risk.

Or so Garovel kept telling him.

And he was probably right. As usual.

But there was another reaper whose opinion greatly concerned him on this particular issue. Ericoros, Leo's reaper.