"What?" Aria said.
James pointed at the screen. "The goblins didn't just get smarter. Someone or something is controlling them. The coordination, the targeting, the timing of the ogres—it's too deliberate."
Kael rewound the footage and played it again at half speed. This time, James pointed out the moments where the goblins moved in unison without any visible communication. The way they ignored easier targets to focus the priest. The way the ogres entered at the exact worst moments for the team.
Finn watched the replay and his expression darkened. "You're saying there's a commander?"
"Or a spell," James said. "Something that's directing them."
The room went quiet again.
Finn leaned back in his chair and ran a hand through his hair.
"If dark magic is involved, we'd normally need a priest," he said. "Someone with purification skills or divine magic to counter it."
