"Why are there Dark Creatures here?" Redbeard Bandits Tuluoda froze in astonishment. He involuntarily stopped directing his men's assault on Tali Mountain and stared in bewilderment at the densely packed undead approaching.
"Boss, I think... I think these damned Dark Creatures are coming for us!" Under the gaze of Little Skeleton's purple-glowing eyes, the trembling, cowardly bandit suddenly felt as though the warm spring had turned into bitter winter, a bone-chilling cold making his hair stand on end.
"Light Department mages, wipe out these filthy Dark Creatures!" Tuluoda had of course realized something was wrong too, and abruptly roared at the several mages ahead who were facing Tali Mountain.
On the Qio Continent, mages were nowhere near as numerous as Swordsmen and Knights. The presence of several mages in a bandit force like this amply demonstrated its considerable strength. An Intermediate Mage and a High Mage of the Light Department understood perfectly well that they would have to deal with these Dark Creatures. They had already begun chanting before Tuluoda's voice had even faded.
Dazzling swords and spheres of light, shining with a holy, pure radiance, slowly shot toward the approaching undead. At the very front, Earth Armor Zombie scratched his head with a guileless air when he saw the Light Department magic descending, then suddenly sank into the earth from atop his flaming, black-armored warhorse. A barrier formed of dust abruptly appeared, blocking most of the swords and spheres of light.
The few swords and spheres of light that landed among the Dark Creatures did purify several Skeleton Warriors. Unfortunately, their number was simply too small. Against the vast mass of Dark Creatures, Light Department magic of this level could accomplish very little.
After all, these two Light Department mages were not Light Department Archmages like Ferguson, capable of