The eight thieves holding short staffs only felt a sudden brightness from the image floating in mid-air, and immediately lost control of their bodies. No matter how they tried to move, they couldn't even control a single hair.
Lynch continued injecting energy into the magic emblem to ensure that anyone who tried to approach him would lose the ability to move. Meanwhile, he stepped forward, collecting all the short staffs from the masked ones' hands and tossed them onto the ground beside him.
"You can still speak," Lynch instructed the immobilization magic badge to move to the entrance of the room, then carefully sensed the waves of energy it radiated outward. Each time it immobilized an intruder outside, it demanded more magic power from Lynch. Through these changes, Lynch knew the number of enemies outside.
