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No one expected the mundane hook that Aurolio threw to completely obliterate the head of the ugly blue creature that had been relieved from its frozen state. Not Ryte, not the five Mages, not Gillewart and certainly not Skullius.
While he hadn't witnessed what the Null Badubs could do first hand, the verbal hype around them even from Arch-Mages had led him to believe that to kill one of these bastards, even Aurolio needed to exert some effort.
But no.
The pale man swung his arm and dark blood splattered on the floor of the dark cube.
"Impossible!" one of the Grandmaster Mages remarked while slack jawed.
The others held their tongues and continued observing, their shock hidden behind shaken faces.
Ryte narrowed his eyes, and glanced at Skullius.
The Hybrid Luman whom he had expected to have already been aware of the prowess of the pale fellow he came with, also showed surprise, which answered quite a bit of the questions he had.
