He hummed to himself as he considered the portal, a couple of tweaks to the portal support spells would make it permanently unstable, but that would be far too easy, and would be rude to his fellow adventurers as they examined it later. He laughed to himself at the thought of them desperately fighting their way in, only to find out, after 'barely' stopping them to discover it wouldn't have worked anyways.<br/><br/>He glanced up as Cerulean came out, his mouth twitching as he realized the amusement value of her sister finding out Cerulean was a nymph now. That made him issue another laugh,before he began idly rolling the eagle statue around his fingers. Once everyone was out and more or less awake, he cleared his throat. "I sent the Duke a sending to inform him as to the lich's permanent destruction, as well as the information I gleaned from the hobgoblin. She has sworn to serve me, so if you see her about, try to be polite please. So, when are we heading back? I told the Duke we would be back either late today or tomorrow."