Sensing their cover had been blown, the cultists, who once tread in the shadows, shifted away from attempting close-quarter assassination to casting their spells in unison.
Dozens of ice shards, fireballs, acid, and even crossbow arrows suddenly attacked from all directions...
Every time the cultists cast a spell, their figures would momentarily appear, only to vanish back into the shadows; they were no more than what one would call "mage assassins."
The assembled wizards were caught completely off guard, as they had no idea about the number of enemies or their positions.
They could only passively defend against the barrage of elemental magic. By the time they managed to retaliate, the attackers had often already disappeared, shifting to another direction. In mere seconds, their team had already sustained injuries.