The parent worm drove at their smaller line, bile spilling beneath its jaw while Hajin held his ground beside Helen. Spear points shrieked across its descending plates before the head swept sideways and flung three men against the canyon stone.
The remaining spearmen dragged their formation aside while two comrades lunged for the fallen bodies.
"Hold the mouth!" Seret roared, slamming the surviving shields together while his blade swung toward the exposed flank.
"I'll take the other side," Helen snapped, frost cracking open beneath her feet, "keep it facing us while the men recover!"
Five Shards circled each officer's forearm as they split across the fractured shelf, leaving no wounded man ahead of them.
'Okay, the stiff-necked captain and the ice lady can actually fight, I'll give them that much.'
Helen drove her first thrust between two overlaps while the armored neck kept turning above her.
