The abandoned mine, Qiqimora took a puff of the lit hand-rolled cigarette and exhaled a plume of white smoke.
The smoke rapidly spread, not thinning out but instead growing denser until it enveloped the entire area near the mine shaft.
The synthetic beasts immediately fell into chaos.
What Qiqimora had cast was a smokescreen spell similar to that known by the Judges of the Heretical Judgment Bureau, but it was more advanced, not only obscuring visibility but also incorporating a simple illusion.
In the mist, the synthetic beasts could barely make out the witches' silhouettes, they pounced to attack only to find that each strike was upon a comrade.
Lamia moved unimpeded through the mist, making use of physical modifications far superior to Meiruki's slave models, she had grown six arms, each fingertip sprouting knife-like sharp claws.
