The expedition continued to advance along the passage.
Hidden within the thick darkness that lay in every direction, shadows that approached without a sound continued to raid the expedition.
A black shadow leaped out from the darkness, baring its teeth silently.
'Front and right!'
The knights, who were already on guard for an ambush, immediately noticed the attack and responded. Knights with shields stepped forward to block the monsters.
Attacking the expedition along with the Shades this time was a monster with a physical form, unlike the Shades.
A monster bound by chains of black shadow, known as a Straggler.
Its body was made of lumps of rock or broken pieces of armor, or sometimes even the skeletons of beasts, monsters, or humans.
Such things were connected by shadow chains and moved like a golem.
'Shields to the right! Unit 3 to the front!'
Having grasped the composition of the enemies, the Knight Commander immediately issued orders to change the formation.
