An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

“Damn! What the heck are these things? Why are there so many of them?

“I can’t kill them all! It’s like a relentless wave, one after another.”

“We have to find a way out. If we continue like this, we’ll exhaust ourselves and die here!”

“”The fog is everywhere. I can’t even see which way to go, and these shadows just keep coming. How can we find a way out?”

Chaos engulfed the Dragon Guard members, transitioning from disdain to shock and fear. Ultimately, it descended into despair. The issue wasn’t their incapacity to defeat the shadows but the absence of hope for survival.

With each shadow they vanquished, two more emerged, steadily increasing in numbers. As their comrades fell in each assault, the attrition pushed them closer to total annihilation.

To them, escape seemed impossible.

“Elder Reed, the situation is worsening. What should we do now?” The black- clad man, fending off enemies, sought assistance from the red-robed elder beside him.

The black-clad man had to fend off shadow attacks while navigating the surroundings carefully. A single misstep could leave him mired, restricting movement and making him an easy target for the shadows. After all, most of their fallen companions had succumbed to this trap earlier.

The red-robed elder replied irritably, ” Why are you asking me? Who the heck else should I turn to?”

If it were a simple fog formation, breaking it with his eye technique would have been easy. However, the complexity arose from an additional, more intricate layer of the formation over the fog.

eye technique to its limits, identifying a weakness remained elusive. At that moment, he found himself

present an immediate threat, being ensnared with no escape plan wasn’t a viable

be helpless. Despite his power,

would lead to

it! Who’s playing tricks on us, ambushing Dragon Guard members like this? When I escape, they’ll pay dearly with their blood!” the red-robed elder swore, persistently attacking

man shouted hysterically, “Show yourselves, you cowards!

official, he had faced numerous challenges. Still, nothing had prepared him for

prospect of death without ever laying eyes on the enemy was a frustrating agony that he had never experienced before. He added, “Since we’re all going to die, let’s go all out

his team in a

futile struggle, each of them was surrounded and killed by the shadows. They eventually disappeared into the ground without a trace of their bodies

dozens was ultimately reduced to only the red-robed

“Ah!”

anger and descending into madness, frenziedly darted around

furious assaults on everything in his path. However, instead of breaking the formation, this action only hastened the depletion of his energy. Before long, he was exhausted and

seemingly endless and relentless. Filled with despair and resentment, he questioned who

Chief Guildmaster’s orders, the red-robed elder undertook a covert mission where discretion was paramount. This top-secret assignment was known only

ranks. In the area outside the formation,

compass, Dustin analyzed the situation within the array by

rapidly diminishing. Ultimately, only one light remained. Even