Lucas let another handful of knives fly and another wave of men fell to the ground. Throwing knives were not really that good at crowd control and, even though Lucas had significantly lowered the numbers of the men, there were scores left for him to take care of.
He typically only used his various powders for dealing with beasts in high mana regions but he had come to the end of his patience and he needed to find Eva quickly before he really lost control.
He slipped a pouch full of red powder from his bag and pulled a special cloth up over his mouth and nose. Red sneezed and immediately fled back up the stairs.
Quickly loosening the strings on the pouch Lucas tossed it over the heads of the many men who were bearing down on him with various weapons. One of the men even held up a pitch fork with a gleam in his eyes.