The leader of the mercenaries jumped forth, daring not to waste even a single precious second.
He already saw what Theo was capable of even in the unstable mental state he was in. And he knew better than to let Theo simply do whatever he wanted.
Still, regardless of the state of Theo's mind, his deeply ingrained instincts translated into an extremely narrow window for his enemies to exploit. After the mercenary leader managed to merely cross half of the distance that separated him from the young man, right as the ranger of the same party rested the arrow on the string and pulled it back…
Theo simply unleashed his power, rendering all of the merc's efforts futile.
BANG!
This time, the outburst of Theo's power was far more directional, shaped like eleven cones of an explosion, each appearing directly in front of each of the mercenaries.
Gulp.