"What—?!"
"They got stronger!"
"Stay focused!"
But it wasn't just them.
Even the nineteen skeleton archers on the walls adjusted, their next volley sharper, more coordinated.
Below, the pressure began to mount.
A practitioner blocked a strike, but the impact made his arm tremble.
"…Damn it, they're heavier now!"
Another tried to counterattack, only to be forced back by a relentless barrage of sword strikes.
"They're not slowing down!"
"Die you monster!"
Aiden's fingers twitched slightly.
"Not yet."
His gaze locked onto a cluster of soldiers trying to regroup behind a damaged shield line.
"Let's make this messier."
He clenched his hand.
"Corpse Explosion."
A fallen body on the ground suddenly jerked, then.
BOOM.
Flesh and bone burst outward in a violent explosion.
The soldiers around it didn't even have time to react.
"AAAGH—!"
"What the—?!"
Another corpse detonated seconds later.
Then another.
The battlefield descended into chaos.
"The dead are blowing up!"
