There was a wave of silence as she spoke and in the short moment that the eight commanders took to snap out of their shock and answer her, the ambient spirits all instantly manifested their physical bodies, blaring out their auras to pressure the soldiers.
The weight of their combined presence bore down on the soldiers as if to compel them to bow under the weight of their auras.
One of them, a peak grandmaster lion-shaped spirit roared out loudly, while another who was a gigantic bird-shaped spirit descended from above and asked with a deep voice.
[Did you not hear her question?]
Nicole sent a glance to the bird spirit to calm it down, before turning to the eight and addressing them.
"I should have wiped out at least a third of the monste-"
"!!"
""Behind YOU!!""