The battle mages were sleeping in reinforced tents that could survive combat spells in case of magical duels. Ironically, those reinforced structures also muffled sound, preventing mages from hearing the approach of assassins.
Vex'ahlia signaled her team: Five targets. Simultaneous strikes. Poison blades—we need silent kills.
The elites moved to their assigned tents, each carrying weapons coated in paralytic venom that would stop a victim's heart within seconds.
Mark.
Five assassins struck five targets in perfect coordination.
Five battle mages died in their sleep, poisoned blades piercing through reinforced tent fabric and into sleeping bodies. The paralytic venom prevented screams, prevented movement, prevented any response except rapid death.
