Kabanata 705: Chapter 705 - Amusing musings

Along with the ultimate taboo attack, the [Last Tear of the Dragon] failing to reach its complete arc and explode in a satisfying but horrendous manner and instead served as extra fuel for Aiden, so did the last bits of hope of struggle vanish from the minds of the four elite guards. 

With their mouths agape in shock, they stared at the simply impossible sight, looking at the hooded stranger unable to process what they have just witnessed. Even if there was a seed of resistance and hope that they could get out of this predicament without acquiescing to the other side, that faint light was snuffed out as soon as their assigned leader, the priest's sacrificial attack failed to even connect.