Orion looked at him and made a decision.
Four purple crystals.
The beam that formed from that combination was qualitatively different from the previous ones, not only in scale but also in density.
Luna jumped first to shield Ren, the fastest of the three in agility and reaction speed.
Larissa immediately after. Liora from the opposite angle at the same moment as Larissa, the three of them placing themselves in front of Ren before the beam reached them, shields already forming, energy already being pushed into elemental barriers…
Julius and Arturo had moved from the flank first.
Fused. Simultaneously, without a word between them they combined their barriers with the coordination of two people who had similar Qilins and had grown up learning to read each other's timing and no longer needed to announce it.
They drove the combined force of their 4 bonds in front of Ren, interposing themselves between the beam and everything behind them.
They held it.
