Vella left the cleared clinic cart while violet mana climbed from her fingertips toward both wrists.
Six golden threads remained stretched from her left hand to wounded militia carried along the irrigation cut.
Each thread pulsed with a separate heartbeat, forcing her to divide healing attention while facing the corruption network.
"Don't cut those tethers," she said as Juna raised one claw above the nearest purple root. "I need every path the hostile network is already using."
The apex dragged itself toward the portal while foreign roots rebuilt the throat Loccy had opened.
Four winged survivors climbed from Juna's broken ridge, pulling damaged bodies toward the clinic route once more.
Juna lowered her claw without closing any Wings, keeping every survivor inside Vella's chosen angle.
Hajin shifted Aegis across the portal mouth, stopping the apex while its corruption lines remained exposed.
