It was moving towards Jaenor, Rena, and Baren with deliberate steps.
Darian was busy fending off the creatures, but he still saw the human-like fiend coming at them.
He quickly moved to block its path, but the fiend merely flicked its hand—Darian was hurled through the air and slammed hard against a tree, with a bone-jarring thud.
Elizabeth and others were too busy fighting those creatures that they barely noticed what's happening here.
"Our lord is waiting for you at Shademore Gorge," it said, its voice cutting through the sounds of battle like a knife through silk. "She grows tired of this game of hide and chase."
All of them froze in terror, completely stunned and shocked to move. They stood rooted to their spot; Rena tightened her grip on Jaenor's arms as he stared at the fiend's eyes.
Baren and Taeryn barely moved. Its menacing presence and its tall and roughly built physique scared them to death, and the black energy it gave off was unsettling to all of them.
