Adrian had long known about this since Obsidian had mentioned it earlier. Even so, he had not figured out the true purpose behind Obsidian's actions.

Obsidian continued. "Helping you means assisting you in solving this particular issue."

He would impart a technique to Adrian, and Adrian could then directly pass on this technique to Laney and others. Laney and the others could be officially regarded as apprentices under Adrian at that point. In the future, as Adrian's faction grew, he could te