Erik watched the battle unfold with a cold and analytic detachment, watching the explosions below rock the area and limbs fly in the air.
He was still protecting the clones with his barriers, but the blackguards were resourceful and found ways to get past them.
Besides, they too had barrier masters, and they were in no way inferior to Erik if they worked together.
Whenever a barrier got destroyed by both sides, carnage ensued. The Chimaeric Demons went through the blackguard ranks with brutal efficiency, but pockets of resistance remained.
In fact, not all the blackguards were weaker than them; quite the opposite. Many of them had already reached the level of the Chimaeric Demons.
Elemental attacks flashed across the battlefield as the defenders defended the place with desperation.
Bolts of fire cracked the air, leaving scorched paths where they struck. Walls of earth rose and shattered under Erik's clones' attacks.
