The bar of condensed energy was again golden instead of blue, and despite Matt not maxing out the skill, it still punched through the magical shields of the octopodes. The bodies of the controlling monsters fell one by one, and in less than two seconds, the reanimated guards fell back down. Not dead but stunned from their controllers’ deaths. It only cost a dozen kills to cast the spell. Seeing Liz and Aster finishing off the guards that stumbled while trying to get back to their feet, Matt raced forward and assisted her in her own fight. How they managed to stay alive after dying, being reanimated, and then having that reanimating force end he had no idea. But they were nothing more than wheat for the harvesting for the two mages. Aster cast a buffing skill that filled Matt with power

