Ambush

Half a dozen attacks all struck Arran at once, and there was a bright flash of blue light around him as Brightblade's amulet was suddenly overwhelmed with Essence.

Against such an onslaught of magical energy, the amulet failed in an instant, barely even weakening the attacks before they hit. None of the attackers were weak, and their combined power was far beyond anything the amulet could defend against.

But if the streaks of Fire Essence easily tore through the amulet's defenses with ease, Arran himself was a different matter.

Years of strengthening his resistance to Essence paid off in an instant as half a dozen attacks only barely scratched his skin. He knew immediately that his attackers were adepts, and he was long past the stage where adepts posed a serious threat.