Atlas gripped his spear tightly as everyone took their positions.
Dullorak kept sending lightning strikes into the four massive stone towers surrounding the area, and with each impact, wide bursts of lightning energy spread across the entire island.
Then the first roar from the distance rolled toward them.
"The weaker monsters are starting to gather," Krythalis said first.
Atlas looked across the perimeter of towering trees surrounding the far edge of the open field. He could clearly see flashes of lightning erupting between the trees.
And moments later, monsters burst out from the forest all at once, rushing forward at extreme speed. Their movements were so fast they looked like teleportation, each leap sending sparks of lightning scattering in all directions.
Edrik, standing nearby, drew his dagger. His eyes sharpened in focus, and then he leaped, vanishing and reappearing in the distance, striking one monster after another.
