Camden was gaining more and more power, and the pressure that Carl felt was about to suffocate him. Carl finally realized how frightening a shaman could really be. On top of absorbing all the blood from the dead soldiers, a strange illusion began to form behind the shaman, as if all the blood was helping him conjure a magical beast of sorts.
As the illusion became more and more defined, Carl felt like he was being watched by a vicious animal, the sensation of which caused his hair to stand on end. He looked more carefully at the illusion and got a terrible shock.
A gigantic bat had suddenly appeared behind Camden. Its eyes gleamed bright red, its jet black wings looked threatening and its fangs were bared. Carl realized that the blood from this ritual was not being absorbed by the shaman
