"Do you mean Douglas not only made inactive Red Worms on his own, but also wants to use them to fight the Eye of the Abyss?"
Byron had just returned from the Star-Gazing Tower late that night. After hearing Sol recount what had happened when he met Douglas that day, Byron gaped in astonishment.
"Yes." Sol rubbed his fingertips together. "He and I had the same idea."
But Sol had thought of using Red Worms to fight the Eye of the Abyss because they could also harm the Star Eye.
How had Douglas come up with the same idea?
"He said that if I could find a way to control the Red Worms, he'd share his formula for making them inactive."
"That's a little too much of a coincidence." Byron sat down opposite Sol, his expression grave. "We'd just been thinking about turning Red Worms into bodies for Half-Elves, and then Douglas proposed a partnership that was exactly what we needed."
"Yes." Sol nodded again. "So I suspect he might know what we're planning. He even showed me what he could do first."
"Do you think he wants to work with us just to learn how to control inactive Red Worms?" Byron asked.
"I doubt it's that simple, but I agreed anyway. Our current plan is to control the inactive Red Worms through Half-Elves, and I doubt anyone else could easily replicate that method."
"But it's best if no one else finds out about the Half-Elves." Byron looked concerned. If they couldn't reveal the Half-Elves, how could they control the Red Worms? Douglas was no simple man.
Sol wasn't worried about that. With an innocent expression, he said, "We never said our method was guaranteed to work. We can adjust it based on what we have in class. For instance,