All the miasma vibrated, and a feeling of deadly danger ran through Darian. At that moment, he was completely vulnerable and could die from a single move from that enemy.
Time wasn't on his side, so Darian had to take a lot of risks. If that figure was truly evil in its essence, it would attack immediately upon finding intruders. But if it was like Howlyn — who always acted at the bare minimum of what he was forced to do — then it would try to control its aggression as much as possible, giving Darian some chance of winning.
"Oh? You came pretty fast." a light, dry voice echoed.
Darian snorted, "Why wait if we can settle this now?"
"Quite confident, that's great. I hope it's not baseless, because now that you came, I can't let you leave." he replied calmly, then his red eyes pulsed with a terrifying ferocity.
Darian took a deep breath, understanding. The Celestial Shadow's orders were now dominating him, forcing him to kill. But... he hadn't moved yet, and that was enough.
