Two more closed in from opposite sides, their levels hovering around the same range Level 28-30, but I stepped between them, letting the first swing pass close to my shoulder before pivoting into the second, the axe cutting across its midsection with a force that carried through cleanly.
The yellow glow flared again as the strike landed, and the body folded under it, collapsing before the first could recover, and by the time it turned, I was already inside its guard, the follow-up strike taking it across the neck.
The third and fourth came together, one slightly ahead of the other, their weapons raised, but I shifted backward just enough to draw them in, then burst forward again, the sudden acceleration breaking their timing as I slipped past the first and drove the axe into the second's side, the blade biting deep as I used its own forward motion to carry the strike through.
