100 Mana Ties, Part Twelve

Lianna, Enverna, and Zura moved in tandem, facing the formidable opponent.

Their inexperience showed immediately. Desmond maintained a completely calm expression as he watched them try to fight back, stepping between them and fighting them all at once. 

Athene continued to engage Nareem in the background, as Lianna could hear their powerful strikes bouncing off each other in the spacious, vacant building. It was now a battleground where skills clashed, and every move carried a sense of desperation. 

"You can just give me the artifact, you know," Desmond stated. "Then, I won't have to take it from your corpse." 

Admittedly, Desmond's true prowess was a sight to behold. The years of experience he carried were tangible in every move he made.

Lianna felt like none of her arrows were coming even close. Enverna and Zura tried to flank him, tried to pin him down, but the man would slither away from their grasp in an instant.