— Hello, little acolyte! I'm an acolyte too! We’ll be loyal colleagues, heh-heh?
— This is Cir, my assistant in some matters,” the wise man Augur introduced the old man. — Unfortunately, your plan is doomed, Aristarch. There are countless small lairs of Groots; Chroths are amphibians and have probably swum to us through underwater currents. The Mraki reproduce by laying eggs in other living creatures. It is impossible to exterminate all monsters. One can only reduce their numbers here and now.
It seems that all roads in Aristarch's life led him into the arms of strong, oiled men.