VOCK cast a cold glance toward his Agonotti brothers standing downcast before him. "You left your post and we lost a hundred breeders."
The Agonotti warriors said nothing and did not meet his gaze. "What do you say for yourselves?" asked Vock.
Out of five, one spoke up. "We only meant to respond to the attack back at the compound."
"What you meant to do is exactly what they wanted you to do. They meant to rescue some of their own by creating a diversion." Vock stood right in front of the Agonotti warrior that had answered. "And you were diverted, weren't you?"
"Yes, sir."
"Humans outwitting a great host of Mithri-this must stop now!"
He looked up to see his scouts returning to the front of the main group in the arena. "And, what have you learned?"
"The mountains to the northeast-they retreated into a large passage there. When we followed, we found only rock."
"That's where we shall attack."
"But, sir, we-"
"If they flew ships in there, then they have a way through somehow and we will put every effort to discovering it," said Vock, "We will make crushing this rebellion among the humans our highest priority for the moment."
The Agonotti present in the arena nodded their approval of their new leader. Vock was very wise and cunning and they all knew it from his days when he had counseled Lucin-only the forces of The Eternal One had been too much for them.
"I want those of you guarding the fields to remain at your posts this time. Our brothers from the four corners are yet to arrive to celebrate our coming together in unity under one leader, but we will go on without them and squash this human rebellion before it causes us any more problems," said Vock.
And with that, Vock surrendered his physical form and rose up with the others. They became a mass of suspended molecules and the Agonotti cloud took form again. They moved away quickly from the arena and compound area, heading northeast. Time to deal with the lower order of creation, once and for all.