Hephais had decided on this change of target even before the shadow he'd dived into had finished swallowing him. That's why he tensed up right after, when he realized that the very shadow network he'd just sunk into had suddenly been replaced by an impassable no man's land.
All the shadows in his immediate surroundings had been destroyed. But how? He had a hunch, recalling the corrosive swamp conjured by the sneaky Marshling earlier.
'Pulling off a spell with such a wide range must not have been easy,' the assassin mocked inwardly, estimating the cost it would've taken him to generate a similar shadow domain.
Unless the enemy's Lumyst Aura or stats were much more advanced than his own, the alien had to be running on fumes. Since these two enemy Players didn't give off the vibe of being truly high-ranked Players like Jake and him, it had to be the first option.
