"Feeding off what?" Caleb asked, his rifle sweeping the area.
Before Finn could answer, a low growl echoed through the village. The team froze, their weapons trained on the source of the sound. From the shadows emerged creatures unlike any they had faced before. Their forms were barely humanoid, their bodies composed of writhing tendrils and jagged shards of obsidian. Their glowing eyes b
Ruby adjusted her aim, firing at a creature's core. The shot landed true, and the creature let out a guttural scream before collapsing into a pile of ash and shards.
"Keep moving!" Ruby commanded, taking down another creature. "Don't let them corner you!"
Zoe fought alongside Selene, their movements synchronized as they cut through the horde. Alec, though visibly shaken, held his ground, his shots finding their marks more often than not.
