The first person to make a move was Eve. Holding out her hand, a sound that felt like a gunshot echoed through the air, and a concentrated beam of dark energy left Eve's fingers.
The concentrated beam streaked across the air, leaving a trail of shadow. It was lightning-fast, and before the first creature, a mountain cyclops, could react, it struck it squarely in the chest.
However, this was not the end.
The beam exploded out from that creature and lodged itself into another beast in its path. The first beast thudded to the ground, then the second!
"Hmm, not bad," Aina thought, watching. She assumed the attack had ended but was dead wrong! Like a terrifying bullet, the dark blast burst through the chests and skulls of all creatures in its path, as if it had a life of its own.
A commotion arose in the beasts' ranks as they watched their brethren fall one after another.
