Many of the teachers and students congratulated them on their success those who were aware of what had been occurring in the last two years, avoided them or cautioned them. They spent their last days with Adriel and Salwar, perfecting the nefarious scheme that Salwar had instructed them to carry out and they spent their last night in the sixth tower, discussing their envisaged future.‘A new world,’ Adriel said excitedly.‘If you succeed, you will be granted immortality,’ Salwar promised Rakan and Rufus. ‘The world will be your kingdom and you may do with it what you wish.’‘And I?’ Adriel questioned, failing to hide his envy.‘You too will be rewarded Adriel,’ said Salwar. ‘Highly so may I add. I know you wish to be free of your humanity and I promise that you will.’Adriel’s mood had changed since the blistering incident; now he was talking to Rakan and Rufus in a conciliatory tone.‘I still have much to teach you,’ he told them. ‘The road ahead will be extremely difficult and you will find yourself making impossible decisions.
