CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
A few hoarse, whispered words escaped me. “Oh God, no.”
I rushed forward and didn’t heed anything. Not the creatures that pawed at me nor the shouts and growls of warning from my other companions. I broke through the mist and glimpsed Dadan’s tall figure only ten feet away. He wasn’t alone. Dozens of the creatures surrounded him. He threw fireballs left and right but they were like a hydra. Taking one down brought two more.
One of those monsters snuck up behind him and the shape of a sword was clutched in its hand.
“Behind you!” I shouted.
Too late. Dadan twisted around but the corpse shoved the sword into his side. A horrible stifled grunt escaped the immortal before he gritted his teeth and shoved his hand into the creature’s face. Fire shot out and con
