A Price To Pay

As Zouren turned to see who was behind the attack, he was greeted by a hail of arrows that curved up over the nearby hill and momentarily blotted out the sky.

The next moment, the entire area was showered by waves of arrows as if it were raining in the skies above.

...

The rain of arrows continued nonstop for ten seconds straight before coming to a halt.

By the time the arrows stopped raining down, several of those from the ancient races were wounded or had already collapsed.

What was surprising was that the mortals in the area had somehow walked away completely unscathed despite being caught up in the middle of the widespread attack.

If it was just a few people, then it could only be attributed to their luck. However, for every mortal present to have escaped unharmed—without a doubt, it was by design.

During the time of the raining arrows, a new small structure had appeared near the lake.