The Ancient Guards could not hide their bewilderment in the pitch-black darkness, which rendered them blind to their surroundings for the first time.

Unless they received special training, those with normal vision were bound to panic upon losing their sight. The sense of sight provided organisms with the most amount of information. As such, the result of obscuring vision was simple.

“Hehehehehe!!”

That was when the elves heard a crazy woman’s eerie laughter right beside their ears.

Swish…

“Huh?!”

Splatter!!

Startled by the sudden killing aura and rustling sound, an Ancient Guard pulled out their rapier and swung it around. Although they weren’t Swordmasters, they were still able to strengthen the impact of their attack.

A cut could be heard before something fell to the floor.

“Hehehehehehe!!”

However, the terrifying laughter did not stop and kept ringing in their ears.

“I… It is human wi… witchcraft! Do not be tricked by it! Give up your sight and find the mana! He is definitely near us!”

“Protect the Mother of the Divine Tree! Do not let him lay a finger on her!”

A male elf was the first to react, shouting firmly. He decided that tracing the human’s mana would be much better than flustering around...