A third being leaped forward with a long hiss, and David stretched out his staff. Like before, it ejected a faint beam, causing the creature to fall down as if stricken by a lightning, Then, it parted as well.
Other creature attacked, and the more David hit them, the faster they multiplied, like a virus, making all his efforts to dispel them vain. It was an hopeless fight. David tried to think of his situation: the attack didn't seem deadly, even though he was sure that each one of those beings could have easily killed him. So what was the sense of all that? He looked again at the Staff of Humility, and at the glowing it radiated. That must have been the only thing keeping the creatures from launching the final attack. He decided to make the move that they didn't expect: David swung the s
