"If I knew more than empire, than Zaphias, I would have already-" He's not quite sure why this woman thinks he's afraid, he's useless and angry, but in that 'I can't do anything' sort of way.

"Nothing-" Spiral Flare is hurled through the knights. They fall and more form from the mists slowly feeding through the trees. "-does-" Bloody Howling, causing some to shred and vanish, once again replaced by the mists that seem to be spawning the first creature again. "-anything!" Holy Rain, brightening the gloom and darkening it at the same time with the golden spears from the sky.

"I don't know who to hurt for this!" the creature dies again, and its cry sends a full body shudder through Duke. And then the deaths start repeating.