Despite the four or five dozen corpses scattered throughout Verimar's headquarters, the encounter between the culprit and Verimar's major powers was initially nonviolent.
Desmond watched the officers waiting for him in the command room with interest, the fervor that boiled in his blood was hard to contain, but even he knew when to be cautious.
Across the room, the officers watched Desmond, hoping to find any gap in his guard. For good measure, the most challenging aura users were positioned closest to the entrance, followed by elementalists and arcanists.
Humanity might not have a deep understanding of the three energy systems. However, they could still use their intellect to infer some essential characteristics and find ways to coordinate them in battle. In this case, the Verimar officers used a standard formation easily seen in RPGs.
