One versus an army. That was the feeling Arthur had when facing ten Official Mages at the same time! He was not sure he could defeat all of them.
While Laura, Jeremy and Richard ran as fast as they could toward the place Arthur marked on the map, he was standing still, waiting for those mages to come.
It did not take long for the mages to catch up with him. Ten mages with black cloaks appeared, surprised to see Arthur standing there, alone.
There was one who looked like the person in charge. He come up to the front and said, "Oh? Did you give up already? I am sure you are not thinking of fighting against all of us, right?"
They all laughed, not understanding why Arthur did not flee. At least he would have a slight chance of surviving.
As for Arthur, he knew words were useless in that situation. No matter what he said, these people would not let him off. What he could do was go all out at the start, and take them by surprise!