"[Web Spell]!"
Kuru chanted the incantation, and milky-white spider silk instantly sprayed from the tip of the wand, weaving into a tough, sticky web.
The web spread across the broad passage and tangled around the armored guards' legs. It would take tremendous strength to break free.
As they struggled, several gargoyles broke through the web, their gray-black skin smooth all over, like sculptures brought to life.
They instantly spread their batlike stone wings, let out a shriek that shook the soul, and charged straight at Tang Qi.
Seeing this, Dawn abruptly raised her broken sword and slammed it into the rounded skull of the leading gargoyle, smashing it to the ground.
But as an earth elemental creature, the gargoyle was tough enough that even with its face cracked, it still reached out its claws to scratch at Dawn's leg armor.
The others swarmed forward. Just as they approached her pauldrons, Yiwu hurriedly flew out of Tang Qi's hood and spat out a pitch-black Force Field Bead. A tremendous repulsive force erupted against the gargoyles' chests alongside a roar.
In the space of a single breath, most of the gargoyles were blasted to the ground, where they fumbled around for their broken shoulders.
Fide had only just raised her sword and shield when she realized the situation was nowhere near as urgent as she had imagined. Somewhat dazed, she looked at the party's "companions"...
Though she had heard the ravens mention early on that there was something downright uncanny about these adventurers.
She had never imagined the gulf between their abilities would be as vast as that between clouds and mud.
"This sure as fuck isn't an ordinary party..."
She murmured under her breath.
The mercenaries of the Southern Great Wall, the adventurers she had worked with on her travels, and