The fighting was brutal, as, unlike their previous encounters,<em>they</em>were the invaders, here in the First World, and everyone could feel that sense of unease and slight disorientation that came with it, while their foes were on even footing. Worse, there seemed to be strange plants simply growing from the ground all over the city, that would regularly disgorge invaders from seemingly nowhere - even cutting the plants back only slowed them, as they'd return within an hour.<br/><br/>The reports from across his realm didn't reveal anything better, either - all of their cities were similarly under siege, though the capital was getting the worst of it. Even outside the cities, the monster-disgorging plants seemed to be a problem, though they were far less common than 'every few hundred feet'.<br/><br/>Fortunately, given the similarity to the Bloom that Nyrissa had used, she was able to give advice on how to deal with the issue - utilizing magic that drained the life from the plants, either through negative damage or directly slaying them outright, would put an end to them, though the frequency with which they kept emerging meant that it would be a temporary solution, at best, and they'd need to find the source, and deal with it. Somehow.