The light gave way to darkness and soon the pervasive night enveloped everyone.
With the darkness the wraiths seem to duplicate and grow in numbers surrounding the survivors who felt trapped in the circle.
Only the protection spell held back the wraiths and the more Shinto killed the more attacked him.
The necromancer only recently reanimated had not absorbed enough essence to raise zombies as yet.
Bane needed to find a way to vanquish the necromancer in his weakened state before he could become too powerful.
The only thing stopping Bane from outright destroying the necromancer was that right now he possessed the body of the photographer who was still alive.
As long as the photographer had the will to survive Bane would not intentionally harm his body but the necromancer was making it hard for Bane to cast him out.
The only way to stop the necromancer's spell was to take a risk and throw his own body on top of the necromancer.