"Now!" she screamed. Kelvin felt the urgency and pushed deeper into the bond with Xerion. The fire that was inside the beast that surged into him was burning his veins with shared mana.
His vision was blurred, while the edges were glowing with searing light and together, they channeled everything into one strike.
The weapon with a sharp pole flared as Kelvin leapt, Xerion's flame roared around him. When he came down he landed on the Alpha's exposed ribs, cleaving deep into its necrotic chest. For the first time, the beast howled in genuine pain and its core flickered.
But it didn't fall, it thrashed wildly, snapping its jaws around Rhoam and pinning the armored panther to the ground. Rhoam roared with its claws gouging at its neck, but the Alpha's weight pressed inexorably down.
