The Missing Vice President

The two Ghouls spoke in unison, "We are willing to sacrifice our lives for the master's ideal!"

John smiled slightly, nodding in satisfaction.

He had other matters to attend to now, so he temporarily stored the two parasites into his space ring.

These two Ghouls were quite large, and their bulk left little room for other items in the space ring.

John took Hardy out from the ring.

The remaining task in the Shadow Forest instance would require Hardy, his insider.

John instructed Hardy, "You will return to the Shadow Forest instance shortly. Tell the twisted Treant to summon all the Treants back as quickly as possible."

"In essence, guide it to issue the command for the Treants to return to the instance through self-termination." John laid out his plan, leaving it to Hardy to execute.

Hardy nodded silently, "Understood, sir. I will do my best to handle it."