"There are living people here!"
Even an Archmage as powerful as Rhode felt his heart give a violent shudder. 😲🏆 ☝🐨
Back when he played the game in his previous life, he had heard that cry countless times in the Stratholme dungeon, and suffered countless party wipes because of it. It had nearly left him traumatized.
He never expected to hear that same cry here!
Rhode looked up and saw a gray-black figure emerging from thin air not far ahead of them.
It looked like a cloud of black smoke. Although its upper body resembled a human's, its torso tapered below the chest, narrowing into a cone at the waist.
Its "hands" were long, sharp claws. Its face was nothing but a blurry patch of black mist, with two bright, narrow spots where its eyes should have been.
In the game, it would have been called an Eye of Naxxramas, but he had no idea what to call it now.
Whatever. Magical creatures like this possessed powerful abilities to turn invisible and detect invisibility. Rhode's Glamour was probably no exception.
Although the damned thing was poor at fighting and easy to kill, its booming voice could practically wake an entire city before it died.
Right now, Rhode had no time to think about much else.
Its single shriek had already stirred the place into a frenzy.
Running footsteps, shouts, and the piercing cries of all sorts of unknown creatures filled the square with an uproar.
"What now, Rhode?" Lilia asked, turning toward him with both swords in hand.
"What else? We fight." Rhode shrugged, then casually fired a Fire Blast, striking the annoying magical eye dead-on.
The eye barely managed a wail before the flames burned it to ash.
Without hesitation, Lilia raised her swords and advanced.
But after only