Reinhard forced his eyes to focus as blue ripples spread from beneath his feet.
Time began to slow down extremely, the world shifted into crawl, movements becoming visible in excruciating detail.
Reinhard rushed forward as Zenuken became a blur, hacking, chopping, slashing, cutting into the Night Terrors. The blade passed through the first Night Terror's chest, black-blue energy trailing. He spun, momentum carrying him to the second target.
Another slash, this one severing the creature's wing before he went on to the third, fourth, and the rest. His blade tore through all of their bodies, and until no parts were still connected.
Time returned to normal.
The Night Terrors burst outward, their shadowy figures trembling violently, and then they fell to the ground.
But instead of dying, they swirled, and the darkness from their body began reforming into new shapes. Five crow-like Night Terrors appeared where the bird-forms had been, they were smaller but more numerous.
