The acrid smell of burnt stone and explosive powder still hung thick in the air as the cavern erupted into a blur of flashing steel.
I didn't have time to think.
And parried a vicious downward strike from the lead assassin, the sheer force of his blow driving my boots an inch into the gravel.
But I wasn't just using standard thunder anymore.
As his dagger scraped against Oathstorm, violent, jagged arcs of pure black lightning aggressively snapped from my blade.
The dark electricity didn't just shock him... it acted like a corrosive acid, instantly eating into the reinforced leather of his gauntlet.
He cursed, violently ripping his arm back.
Before he could stabilize his footing, I edited balance. The assassin stumbled, his center of gravity completely completely failing him.
I stepped into his guard, swinging Oathstorm in a brutal horizontal arc.
CLANG!
A second assassin materialized from the smoke, crossing his twin daggers to block my strike.
