Volume 9: Phantom of the Ancient Castle Chapter 10: Counterattack_2

Balmore, while chasing after two shadows zipping through the encirclement of his own camp like lightning, clearly realized that these two figures far exceeded his and Baron Haranto's strength. The shadows split and joined back swiftly, and almost every lunge resulted in the death of two or three high-level warriors beneath their spears. These were the elite of his army, each capable of serving as a Centurion or higher, yet the line formed of these martially adept high-level warriors might as well have been made of paper in front of the two shadows.

Solonberg was growing increasingly impatient. These damned warriors had surprisingly tenacious strength and fearless spirits, which he and Vladimir Koff found astonishing, but that did not stop their combined attack.