They were at the threshold of the trench when a shadow appeared overhead. Justin looked up.

"Uh-oh," he said.

A cythraul was diving down at them. It had jumped over the side of the cliff with disregard for its own well-being.

Justin spun, swinging his sword upward at the descending monster. His aurym shot forth like a rocket, but before it could connect, the cythraul tossed its arm forward, throwing a black ball of daemyn down at the rear of the group. Several of the ...