The skeletal Thunder Lion charged again, lightning bursting from its maw in a jagged arc that scorched the chamber floor.
Elara threw up a twisting vortex of wind and vines, deflecting most of the blast, but the impact still knocked her back a step, boots dragging across the anchored platform she'd created.
She braced herself against the recoil, panting as more vines surged from her circle, slowing the tide of lesser undead closing in around them.
"Albedo, we're going to get overwhelmed!" she cried out as she poured more mana into the defenses she created, making sure they hold as strong as possible,"
"I know," he answered, firing a pair of crimson blasts that vaporized three skeletons lunging from the right side. His eyes flickered purple as the Source Code in his pupils pulsed with rapid calculations,"Elara, reinforce the perimeter! Lilian, clear the back!"
