"Who do you think you are to stand in my lord's way ?!" Aeric roared indignantly at the new figure who now blocked their path.
Though it was strange that presumably an old fellow with a walking cane had managed his way down into the deepest reaches of the underground dungeon….
It matters not when taking into account their environment and their current situational advantage.
Down here, access to mana was being cancelled in real time…
And Aeric had only been able to use some of his mana, and also some very powerful artifacts requiring mana… because of the hourglass-shaped artifact he had retrieved from his lord's vault before he escaped from the swarming soldiers.
This artifact only functions in proximity to those closest to it, meaning, at the moment, only his lord, the grand vizier, who was currently in possession of the artifact, would be able to use his mana to a certain extent; that is, until the sands run out, which wouldn't be long now.
