Justin's sword hit the ground, wobbled, and settling into place in the undergrowth.

The tiger seemed suspicious. The lingering aurym power in the cat's eye claymore kept its blade alight for half a second before the a'thri'ik shards went out entirely, dousing the jungle into total darkness. Justin could not see the tiger. He could not see anything.

He closed his eyes and called on aurym.

Suddenly, the energies of a million life forces around him could be sensed-and seen ...