Aksai raised his hand and released a pulse of Spirit essence into the ground.
Lines of green and red light began spreading out from beneath his feet, forming a massive runic circle around the grazing area.
At the same time, Yelia began chanting a set of Mantras softly, weaving her wood-element Spirit spells into the formation to stabilize the surroundings.
The humanoid puppets moved without being told. One began placing special wooden Heretic Dao totems at the edges of the runic circle. Another carried small crystal bowls filled with Spirit herbs soaked in a strange, black liquid—Heretic Spirit essence extracted from failed talismans Aksai had previously experimented on.
The third puppet carried fully functional Heretic Dao talismans and inserted them into small slots in the ground, where they glowed faintly and merged with the formation. The fourth puppet stood near the center, monitoring the balance of Spirit energy and the Heretic flow patterns.
