The clearing turned to chaos in the same breath.
Terravax anchored the center and let his shell eat the first charge whole, four soldiers' blades skidding uselessly off ancient plating. Levi's void-threads snapped low and fast from the treeline, snaring ankles before the rest had closed half the distance.
"Wraithbound Convergence," Yuna called from above, and split into two overlapping afterimages as Emberlune's illusion-fire bloomed around her. Three soldiers converged on empty air while the real strike landed from an angle none of them tracked in time.
Jibril dropped from Pymon's back with Tidereign screaming down beside her, Razewater condensing into a whip-thin blade around her fist. She caught a spear meant for Yuna's blind side and turned the block into a counter in the same motion.
