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"Spread out!" Helga said. "Don't bunch up!"
The Void-Thread Arachne moved.
That thing was impossibly swift. One moment it hung above them; the next it was among the front-line fighters.
A survivor screamed as a leg punched through his shoulder, pinning him to the ground.
The Arachne's mandibles opened, and it bit down on his neck. The Enervating Bite, one of the monster's skills, injected venom directly into his bloodstream. He convulsed, and his body went rigid as the Toxin took hold.
Panthers swarmed the creature. Not even those agile creatures had been able to keep up with the beast.
But they took the chance; they got served and leaped onto its back, tearing at its carapace. The Arachne shrieked and activated Phase Step.
Its body became translucent. The panthers' claws passed through it as the creature repositioned itself twenty feet away, now clinging to the wall.
"It's phasing!"
"Mages!" Aldric said. "Magic attacks!"
