"Everyone agreed?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk smiled. "Then we only have one problem left." He snapped his fingers. "How to restrain or weaken the demons we summon."
"Like that big dog in Eldre'Thalas?" Sylvanas tapped her forehead lightly with a finger and frowned. "What was its name again? Was it... I think it was... Immol'thar?"
"You remembered correctly, little girl!" Old Charlatan nodded. "I read about it in the library's records. It was indeed called Immol'thar, also known as a Twisting Nether Terror. It was an abyssal fiend from the Twisting Nether-an abyssal demon hound."
"Oh?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk was surprised. He had not expected Old Charlatan to actually find records of Immol'thar in the library. "Do you know how it was imprisoned?"
"Of course I found that out. I even spent some time studying it." Old Charlatan looked rather pleased with himself. He had wanted to share his research findings, but one look at Yu Lin Bloodhawk made him force himself to hold back. His face flushed red from the effort, and he finally said in a thoroughly disgruntled tone, "Simply put, they built a force field using five crystal towers. Five arcane crystal spires were erected around the cage. They continuously emitted energy to form a magical force field, leaving the demon completely unable to move or resist."
"That simple?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk asked.
"Simple?" Old Charlatan nearly choked, his goatee bristling. "Boy, do you think they were throwing up a straw shelter for a roadside stall? Every one of those five arcane spires had to be carved and built from huge chunks of fusul crystal, inscribed with intricate magic circle patterns, and have its base sunk into a ley line node underground! You call that simple?"
He caught his breath and glared at Yu Lin Bloodhawk, as though