[North Corridor — simultaneous]
Marcus with Aurum.
The dragon in true form kept Solar Corona active over the constructed creature — the passive heat field degrading the residual material of the two creatures at 4,200 per second.
The constructed creature at 99,000 HP.
Fourteen more seconds of Solar Corona and it would drop below 40,000 — the threshold where F1 would probably stop sustaining the channel because the energy cost of maintaining it would outweigh the tactical benefit.
[Constructed creature HP: 99,000 → 94,800 → 90,600]
Marcus looked at the south corridor from the arch.
Looked at Raven facing the Harvester.
At Kira on the flank.
At Maya with Akari slowly advancing.
At Emily at the center of it all, not moving, looking at the Harvester with the specific firmness of someone who has decided that a negative outcome is not an option even if she doesn't yet know exactly how to avoid it.
Aurum looked at Marcus.
The dragon's deep amber eyes on the bearer's eyes.
