The bandits watched in fright as the vampire defended the kobold and himself from arrows with simple waves of his hands while a fog of chaos surrounded the kobold, breaking down spells into raw mana.
"I'm dreaming, right?" a terrified man said in between sobs. He grabbed a woman next to him and shook her shoulder. "Linda, please… tell me this is a dream!"
The woman had a frozen expression as she watched the scene. "How can humans ever fight against such a thing?" the woman muttered while being shaken by the man. She looked down the bridge at the bundle of flesh and organs that used to be their leader. She just shook her head in disbelief. "He had no idea what he was up against. That vampire saw us as nothing more than rats that had invaded his home, pests that he had to deal with, and nothing more."
