Barely seconds passed between the aura appearing at the edge of the territory and reaching the group. Only the gold-rankers had a chance to intercept it, but it avoided them with blink teleports to slam into Humphrey, bowling him over in the long savannah grass. Gold-rankers swarmed them, only for Humphrey to hold out a forestalling hand from where he lay under Sophie. “It’s fine,” he said. “Not a mphflm…” His words were muffled by pressing her lips onto his. “SUCCUBUS!” Belinda screamed as she arrived with the silver-rankers. “Kill it!” Sophie rose to a mounting position over Humphrey, then
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