Without any hesitation, Jake made his move. He nocked an arrow and loosed it immediately as the Necromancer began to leak black smoke from between the seams in his armor. Jake had shot hit him in the chest before he had a chance to block, the arrow exploding on impact and making the Necromancer slide backward on the sand for over a meter. Jake cursed internally upon seeing it had only left a small mark and a few cracks in the metal. He had wanted to test the durability of the thing, and it exceeded his expectations. His only real choice was to hit the weak spots of the armor, such as the seams, where the explosion would still do a lot of damage. The problem was that the Necromancer also knew he had to do that. Jake’s second arrow was aimed at the Necromancer’s head, but he was quick and

