Where Aran Went

While the confrontation between the three former aides of Aran and his top most powerful aide was ongoing, Kyran swept through the automatons that had only emerged from the spheres.

Like the great sword-wielding automaton told him, he only had to infuse the automatons with Void magic energy, and they would immediately lose their hostility. After this, Kyran sensed a connection forming between them, though he did not know how it was established.

With the automatons now under his control, their sentient also awakened.

Then again, rather than saying they had awakened, it was more accurate to say that they were finally in control of themselves.

For the record, when Aran released the automatons, they were fully aware of what was happening in their surroundings. But because Aran barely possessed the minimum requirement to awaken them, they could only move according to their basic programming.