Clyde, Riven, and some others drew near Selene to lend a hand to her evident intention of getting closer to the Kwin. They fought side by side as ghouls after ghouls closed in on them from various angles with their own clear intention to kill. But they are a force. Even with depleting stamina, they expertly eliminated the beasts one after the other. Ashes up the air, pale bodies on the ground.
Needless to say, the retribution their bodies get from all excessive amounts of effort to keep fighting grows by the second. Limbs are numb, and the ghouls managed to blow a few strikes that surely dealt more damage than what they let show. But they aren’t even any relatively closer to the Kwin. The fire has grown much and if they are not blocking a path ahead, toxic fumes inhaled are enough to weak
