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Chapter 67 - Night of shadows

"You too, Kael," Taria called but Kaedros didn't respond.

The first shadow was already on him, this one wielding a massive battle axe. He had no choice but to hook his short sword into the weapon's head and yank it from the shadow's grip.

He followed the motion with a clean slice at its neck, cutting it down, though he didn't wait to see it fall. A blur passed by his right, and he dove to the left just as a heavy iron ball whooshed past with skull crushing force.

At least, he thought it would have crushed his skull. He didn't know the true nature of the weapons the shadows held. They looked solid but Kaedros had seen them vanish the moment they hit the floor.

He darted forward with a thrust to the shadow's chest, driving steel into where its heart would be before it could pull its chained weapon back. From there, everything became a blur, thrusts, parries, angled cuts, and desperate blocks. Each one jarred his arm and left his hand aching.

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