Edna grinned at her flustered teammates, then glanced at Leonard.
The Half-Elf hesitated at first... He did not have a good feeling about these visitors from Quesenta. In the end, though, he did it for Edna and waved a hand, bringing the forest's vines to life.
At least when the short arrows were about to strike a vital spot, the vines could knock them aside or serve as shields.
Edna smiled. She had known from the start that Leonard's thinking was a little straightforward, but he was perfectly capable in a fight... The Nature Tower would not have supported a Transcendent Mage for nothing.
Most of the monsters in the High Forest were magically altered creatures, and powerful ones at that.
The Black Rose had fought those monsters head-on before, so Old School Striking King had warned her not to overestimate the monsters in Neverwinter Forest... A single Goblin from the High Forest could take down ten Gnolls from Neverwinter Forest.
Monsters that felt no pain and knew no fear were always harder to deal with than monsters that might run away.
Edna watched the fight ahead, then compared herself with the Quesenta mages, who were about her age and level. She nodded in satisfaction... She was pretty strong after all!
It was just that spending so much time with the Undead... No, spending so much time with the Undead who were best at fighting had made it hard to tell where her own combat skills stood.
After all, she could not compare her fighting ability to Mr. Xue Yunfeng's, could she?
She knew the commander's strength lay in his brains, but Edna often saw Snow Old Dog dragged off and thrashed in the little square. She really could not bring herself to look up to him.
She glanced sideways