Nightbringer

After a moment of shock, I quickly recovered and understood the kind of situation we had been placed in. We were up against something strong enough to instantly kill the horde of creatures and blind all of us, even if momentarily, all while shattering my shield. Unless it had exhausted itself to do all of that, that meant we were entirely at its mercy and would die the second it decided to attack. 

I wanted to cast some kind of defensive spell but with its strength, there was no point in even doing so. Moreover, it might even provoke it to attack, so I decided to wait instead, warily holding my staff as my friends recovered.

Suddenly, I felt a chill from behind me. Whirling around, I found a hovering dark specter which appeared to be watching us with curiosity. Before I could do anything, I heard a strange voice calling out, "I mean no harm, wary one."

Instantly, I froze. Perhaps it wasn't a good idea to trust what looked like a ghost and floated like one, but at this point I was grasping at straws. In all honesty, I understood that we would all die in an instant if it was hostile to us and was just praying that it would attack us….

Suddenly, a hand tugged me down. Unprepared, I dropped down onto my knees as someone hissed in my ear, "That's a Nightbringer! A Greater Dark Elemental! It just saved all of us!"

Although I was more than a little angry at being forced to kneel, I also understood that we had indeed been saved by this so-called Nightbringer, which did deserve some thanks… if it didn't kill us immediately afterward. The name Nightbringer definitely did not sound ominous in any way….

The voice said with a hint of gratification, "Your friend speaks truth. We are allied to you, so it is a matter of course to lend aid where possible. You need not kneel." 

At its words, I bowed respectfully before rising, mind still pondering over its words. Did this mean that Dark Elementals were allied to humans? It made sense, in an odd sort of way. Light Elementals seemed hostile to us… or maybe they just hated everyone. Then again, Life Elementals were more likely to be friendly with Light Elementals rather than Dark Elementals… or maybe that was why they hadn't helped us that much, because we weren't closely allied?

Before I could properly examine these important details, I was interrupted by the Nightbringer, who suddenly said, "Follow me, we must move quickly!" 

At its words, my companions rushed after the Greater Dark Elemental, which was now floating away from us at an alarmingly fast pace. I followed suit after a moment of surprise, wondering where it was bringing us.

When the specter finally stopped some time later, we found ourselves watching a standoff between dozens of wraithlike beings, which I took to be other Dark Elementals, and hundreds of light orbs.

The Nightbringer quickly joined his comrades while we stood rooted to the spot, trying to comprehend the sight we were witnessing….

More than a hundred Greater Light Fiends were floating in the sky before us.