Chapter 354: A Puppet of Power - Part 5

That might have been a solvable problem, for there were three more creatures of the same type – yet those too were lost, those too were fighting under Beam's will. Every ailment afflicted on the Main Body of Francis' duplicate army, it was transmitted to the rest. A spell of that strength required a significant weakness.

For those doing the fighting, those with the strength to resist the mania, it was a terrifying thing. All those below the strength of the Second Boundary were swept up in an aura of battle lust that blocked out any other thought. It was only a handful of them that managed to keep an eye firmly on the reality of the situation.

Nila saw that Beam still hadn't budged. Even as the armies descended into chaos around them, she drew her dagger to defend him, standing her ground like a bear defending her child.