Caught

The surroundings of the mage army instantly burst into flames, engulfing everything within a hundred meters. Fire Shields formed a huge shield wall that blocked all the Shadow Arrows.

Then, the mages disappeared within the flames and all transformed into tall Flame Elemental lifeforms. The fifty elemental lifeforms all raised their staves at once and immediately started chanting incantations.

The chaotic incantations echoed as the mages were actually chanting different and incomplete incantations.

Seeing this scene, Byron finally felt that something was wrong and promptly poured mana into the Dark Night Cloak. A shadow covered Byron as he rapidly retreated.

"Hurry up and get out of the way! These are real people, not illusions!"

Byron used shadow magic only to discover that the shadows of the mages before them were real... All these mages were real!