The next group of ghouls that entered the chamber found themselves facing not just Jake but his constructs as well, and the fight became a coordinated assault where the shadow serpents struck from multiple angles while Jake used his blade to finish what they started.
The constructs moved with frightening speed and their venom worked on ghouls the same way his did, spreading necrosis through undead flesh that couldn't resist the corruption.
Jake descended three more levels with his shadow serpent pack accompanying him, each level bringing stronger ghoul variants—Champions with rusted armor and massive weapons, Stalkers that moved with unnatural silence and struck from ambush positions, and brutes that absorbed tremendous damage before falling.
He fought them all, using Scale Armor to weather hits he couldn't avoid, using Shadow Step to create angles when surrounded, and using Venomous Strike to disable elite variants before they could bring their full strength to bear.
