The darklings had begun to focus on the others... They tried again and again to kill Galen but they quickly learned that it was near impossible to get anywhere close, so they began to opt for possibly easier targets. They began to charge for the other combatants, intent on killing them and absorbing their life force. That was the scariest thing about darklings. Everyone or everything they kill somehow gets absorbed and makes them stronger. They sometimes even fought among themselves and the victor gained all of the energy of those they defeat. He couldn't imagine fighting those powerful darklings. The ones he was fighting now probably hadn't had even a single kill.