Adrian did not waste a breath. [Analysis] activated instinctively, his eyes scanning the horde as data flooded his mind.
[Analyzing…]
[Rank: 9-Star]
[Element: Darkness]
...
Every single one of them was of 9-Star rank. Adrian's jaw tightened. These weren't the fodder he had mowed down earlier.
The air vibrated with their collective aura. But just immediately. He released his to suppress them. His aura succeeded in getting rid of theirs, but that was just it. They didn't seem as affected as Adrian would have hoped for, leaving him no option but to take them on for the fight.
The horde didn't give him time to ponder. A massive skeletal beast, resembling a warped mammoth with jagged bone spikes protruding from its spine, charged first.
~FWHUM!~
Its thunderous steps cracked the earth, and it swung a trunk-like appendage wreathed in shadow flames toward him.
Adrian dodged the attack with a burst from his suit's thrusters, the air scorching where the attack passed.
