Blackbeard exchanged a glance with Tul. Both nodded. Lari shouted something. Mary, completing another series of rapid jumps, dodged to the side. Tul snatched an arrow from his quiver and aimed it at the druid who had begun to raise his staff. Judging by the amount of energy he had managed to summon into it, he was about to unleash something terrible.
A blue mist enveloped Lari’s feet, sending him flying forward. However, he was a couple of feet short of reaching his target. Blades at the ready, he jumped at the flying arrow.
“Bloody Dawn!”
Steel flashed red. Lari, pushing off the arrow, cut through the wall of thorns, several ents, and the wooden shield, conjured up by the druid at the last moment. The blades slammed against the staff, but, as strong as the combo of their attacks was
