Both stairwells were blocked by living tree shadows. The others swept wildly across the third floor, strangling every student left alive.
The golden beer mugs filled with lightning ale kept spawning and exploding in bursts of deafening thunder.
Rita's situation was worse than anyone's. She wasn't just dodging shadow strikes and lightning blasts—she also had to fight her own living shadow.
And the most outrageous part? Every time the shadow hit her, she lost health. Every time she hit it, she still lost health.
She had never seen a skill so shameless.
Her only option was to rely on Nebula Bubble and relentless movement to survive.
Rita rummaged through her storage and found a skill card called Self-Exile. Without hesitation, she threw it straight at Maple Syrup.
It caused some trouble for Maple Syrup, but not enough to kill her. Maple Syrup simply bound her own shadow with the forest's darkness, immobilizing it.
