"Form up! Engage the enemy!" Lokhak dropped the halberd from his shoulder and shouted at the warriors.
Well-trained warriors immediately formed a square formation in response to the command, uniformly raising large shields around the perimeter to protect their comrades behind them.
Archers set up crossbows behind the shields, while the soldiers at the innermost part of the ranks pointed their long spears straight into the deep darkness, toward the eerily glowing orange arc that had just lit up.
Even in the midst of this sudden turn of events, without need for Leon to remind them, Kovis's flying swords whooshed around the formation, illuminating the uninvited guests emerging from the shadows.