A few minutes earlier, Ray rose from the floor and studied the four Awakened robbers guarding the hostages. His Dormant Aspect Ability did not make him invisible, but it did make him hard to notice — people and Nightmare Creatures both paid him little attention, and his presence was very subtle.
Still, there was a limit to that Ability. He could take one of the bandits down, but unless he was careful, the rest would immediately notice it. Even if they did not notice Ray himself, they would see one of their own going down — his targets, after all, did not possess the same power.
'Four of them…'
Awakened were unpredictable and often possessed tricky Aspects, but usually, taking down four would not pose a problem to Ray — not after the training he had received in the Shadow Clan, at least. Taking them down quietly and while making sure that no hostage was harmed, however, was a different matter.
He looked at the black blade in his hand, then sighed and placed it on the ground.
