The moonlit clearing erupted as Kain's subtle hand twitch sliced through the night's stillness.
Darius and Malzahir dropped from the gnarled trees, their silhouettes blending with the jagged shadows cast by barren branches, their contracts beside them.
Darius's orange-grade jellyfish-squid hybrid contract floated forward. Malzahir's wyrm coiled menacingly, its feather-like fins glinting razor-sharp, tarnished bronze eyes locking onto its target with toxic intent.
Jax burst from behind a boulder, his orange-grade segmented cube contract starting to whir again as it began to build up and store an electric current, pink magnetic arcs crackling between floating cubes, its pupilless pink eyes glowing with erratic energy.
Miya emerged from a patch of dry grass, her orange-grade black-furred feline prowling forward, three blue flame-tipped tails lashing as heat waves rippled the air, igniting the grass into a smoldering barrier to block any retreat.
