Her shadow army had grown immensely in strength during their time in the Grove when she was training.
Each of her 15 shadows was now a Rank 13 Special Class warrior, thanks to the death essence they had absorbed during her rigorous training.
Pyris had initially stopped her from harvesting essence in the labyrinth from the labyrinth's creatures, though she still didn't fully understand why. Even now, her three generals—Shadowshed, Dread, and Torment—refused to absorb essence from these creatures, as if the labyrinth's energy held something they instinctively rejected.
But Pyris no longer objected to her lesser shadows feeding. And with each essence absorbed, their forms became more defined, their power more tangible.
At the front...
