76) The thief (II)

He appeared in front of the party completely dumbfounded. His instinct then kicked in and he stepped forward to defend himself. Unfortunately for him, once he stepped forward he found himself unable to move. Ryker approached him and cast a few more [Bind] runes to keep him frozen in place. 

Under Ava's instructions, Ryker had drawn a mana-absorbing rune on the shadows all around the room. This would pull on whoever tried to use the shadows as a medium for either spying or traveling inside the room. He had also used his [Fuse] runic spell to mix the [Bind] and [Pressure] rune. It made a pressure trap that once someone stepped in it they would be frozen momentarily in place. Ava had learned all of this in her teenage years.