Escaping the Horde

The tens of monsters running at Reign and the others stumble and fall constantly from Reign's lightning attacks. Even though he barely used any mana for the lightning zaps they were enough to shock the monsters for a brief moment, in such a big crowd a moment was enough to bring chaos.

The danger had still not passed, as Reign and the others ran they were being attacked by the long-range attacks of the monsters that followed after them. Some of the monsters were lurking in the back and attacked them upon seeing them charge out. Whilst fighting the monsters that appeared at their front and side the party was still confused, why had all of these monsters showed up so suddenly, and why were they so hell-bent on attacking them?