It was the same way Raum had moved to outpace Bytra and hit Lith before he could react. An Eldritch ability that was supposed to be exclusive to the Wonderer, like Break was to Orulm.
Yet a mere Empowered Abomination could do just the same and move almost as quickly.
"Come on!" The Empowered stomped his claws on the fine carpet, producing sparks whenever its protective enchantments clashed with the Abomination Touch. "Run. Fight. Do something. You can't have gotten this far by luck!"
The boy and the girl were weak, but the child was an insect. His mana flow and life force were so faint that the Empowered's bottomless hunger didn't register Owl as a tasty meal.
'Yet he's excellent bait!' The Abomination grinned, lashing with his spindly limb at the child to force the real prey to reveal their ability.
