Just as Lance hesitated, a stumbling mushroom-headed creature lunged forward, shielding the Forest Wicked Woman. The greatsword cleaved it cleanly in two, but lost its momentum in the process.
Lance had no time to worry about anything else. He quickly raised his hand to cast Bless on Barton, refreshing his status. This allowed Barton to recover from the torment of the negative effects.
Lance saw more and more monsters closing in and knew he couldn't delay. Enemy reinforcements seemed endless, while his own Spiritual Essence dwindled with each use. Worse, he had barely recovered from his previous exertions.
At that very moment, the Forest Wicked Woman began to use the corpses of the monsters before her as material for a strange spell.
Visibly, the already emaciated corpses seemed to be sucked dry by some unseen force. In the next second, a mushroom sprouted from each corpse and grew rapidly, reaching half a man's height in mere moments.
