The Mantid's flight did not go smoothly.
The fire elementals pursuing them were not much of a problem.
Once the fire elementals exhausted their energy, they dissipated on their own.
But the Purple-Black Figure kept relentlessly hunting them down, showing no signs of fatigue.
They did not know that an inanimate construct like an arcane golem could hunt them down until the end of time, provided it had enough energy.
Watching the fleeing Mantid collapse in despair, Xal'atath was very glad its host was an arcane golem.
If its host were a living person, it could certainly manipulate and exploit them, gaining greater freedom.
But living people were very unreliable when it came to this sort of pursuit!
Because living people grew tired.
A relentless pursuit without sleep or rest would soon wear them out.
Unless it controlled someone very powerful.
But that brought things back to the difficulty of controlling them.
The stronger someone was, the harder they were to control.
Who among those who became powerful was a fool?
Although Xal'atath could not directly control the arcane golem, it could issue suitable commands to strike at the enemies it wanted to eliminate.
As long as the overarching objective remained hunting Mantid, this hunt would not stop.
Across the Dread Wastes, which had yet to become a land of dread, Mantid fled at the first sign of danger.
Amid this atmosphere of fear, the Sha of Fear finally awakened once more.
But it had awakened at the wrong time.
The Mantid race was already finished.
The Sha of Fear had no way to obtain enough psychic power to strengthen itself.
Lacking sufficient strength, the Sha of Fear was soon beaten into dispersal by Xal'atath.
The Sha of Fear had wielded immense power in the game, turning this region into