Long Night

            Zaos couldn't take them down so many assassins in the darkness without mana. Drannor and the other guards wouldn't be able to fight properly in the total darkness either. He could always make the trees burn by using the mana he had, but in the end, it wouldn't help in the long run. After a while, he had a pretty good idea… even without magic, he still could fight the enemies while keeping a certain distance.

            Zaos returned to the mansion entrance, and there he picked the fallen rapid-fire crossbows that hadn't been used by assassins Zaos had killed on his first two attacks. While he couldn't exactly carry all of the ten he picked, he brought them to the back of the mansion.

"Who knows how to use these?" Zaos asked.

"You just have to pull the trigger, right?" Drannor asked while he raised his hand to get one.