Whether it was confidence or stupidity, the first Bone Claw moved before any of the other monsters could. Its chains snapped toward his backpack again, clearly caring more about the soul stones inside than his life.
Zich moved half a step to the side, and the chain passed within a handspan of his ribs. He cut three chains apart with one Blood Arc, and the slash was much stronger than before. So strong, in fact, that the shockwave tore through the Bone Claw's front line and split several weaker skeletons behind it apart at the waist.
The Elite Undead Knight reacted to the cloak's command aura at the same time. Crimson lines lit brighter beneath its armor joints, and its movements became faster and heavier, as though its entire body had been pulled tighter by the same force burning through Zich.
The undead ring started losing shape at once.
