Slice!

Shadows shot up from the ground and sliced the ropes that tied Condel up. The ropes were infused with mana, but they weren’t enough to contain Condel’s strength and he raised his arm. Shadows climbed across his body and wrapped around his arms. Then, he swung his arm.

Crash!

Windur was hit by Condel’s attack. It was a considerably heavy attack. Hans and Snoc immediately attacked Condel. Light shined from Estellade and sharp mithril pieces rained like meteorites.

Crash! Crash!

Something jumped out from below Condel’s feet and blocked the stream of attacks. It was another shadow. A couple more jumped out. Since people knew how strong these shadows were, they were fearful. Joachim backed off and commanded the troops. In contrast, Zich, Hans, and Snoc took a step forward; Lyla and Elena poured mana into their staffs.

The shadows’ characteristically amorphous bodies wiggled and attacked. Zich, Hans, and Snoc checked to make sure they didn’t head towards the normal soldiers. More shadows popped out. Remembering their past ambush, Zich and his companions knew that this was going to be a difficult battle. Yet, they had brought a bunch of support troops...