Ether staggered and looked back at Tenoch, startled and angry. "How... how dare you..." Ether had finally realized that there was no such thing as an underground cave, and Ambrose was nowhere to be found. Tenoch used those ruses to entice him away from Heather.

Furthermore, Ether realized everyone there was Tenoch's crony.

Ether was terrified and wanted to use his internal energy to kill Tenoch. Tenoch, on the other hand, had severed his heart vein and disrupted his internal energy in his elix