At first look, his exceptional shot did not seem to have any effect. It was always like that with the shadows, but Theodore still felt his heart sink. This feeling was soon replaced by a feeling of triumph as the shadow began evaporating. The process was slower than that of the other shadows, but it evaporated to nothing all the same. He grinned from ear to ear. Such feats did not happen every day, not even every month. Maybe that was about to change now that they were the chosen champions to Light, but that would be seen.

He operated the loading mechanism almost absent mindedly after his great success, but that was not punished as all of the remaining shadows were cut, pummeled and cast out of existence around him. The threat was gone for now. First thing Theodore did was check up with Thea. "That looked like another bad hit... and you weren't too pleased about it either if I heard you right", he commented while eyeing her up and down. How this world still refused to show any signs of wear and tear worried him, but he'd have to learn to live with it. "You are good now, right?" he asked for a clarification. Once he could be sure she was well enough, he would head on to look for his bolts.

While others were doing their own thing, he tossed the killing bolt that had clattered to the ground at the last location of the axe-wielder into his case and sealed it by snapping the lid shut and taking his mask to his hand. Everyone was more or less ready to get back on the move, so after giving Thea one more passing glance he donned his mask again and turned his eyes forward. He kept the loaded crossbow at the ready and waited for the frontline of their formation to get before him. This time he stayed rather close to the lot though, for a reason he would divulge soon.

Once they had cautiously advanced for fifteen minutes or so, that being about halfway to their destination, assuming they would not be encountering any resistance prior to that, Theodore would reveal his card and requested the heaven's above to warn him of impeding danger, an ability he had not had access to before. However, it had occurred to him after the fight that he was feeling stronger, as if the divine hand of heavens themselves had sprinkled their magnificent might on him to bring even more power to the last champions standing. His martial prowess had not changed, but he did feel a closer connection to the divine. Hopefully they could protect him and his companions from another assaulting wave of shadows, if one was to come.

The local believed there would though. As did the Templar's combat sense.

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Theodore has levelled up, taking a level in War Domain cleric for himself!

After the fight, Theodore picks up one of his bolts, the other remaining lost. Probably sticking out of some further away wall. Once the party gets on the move, he will follow the front rank closely, casting [i]Detect Good and Evil[/i] after 15 minutes if a group of enemies has not lashed out at them prior to this. The statistics block assumes this cast has gone through.

The initiative rolled earlier remains at 16

[b]HP:[/b] 35/35  [b]AC:[/b] 16  [b]Concentrating:[/b] [i]Detect Good and Evil[/i]
[b]Radiant Consumption:[/b] Available
[b]Slayer's Eye:[/b] Inactive
[b]War Priest:[/b] 0/2 uses expended

[b]Spells expended:[/b]
2/3 1st
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