The first healer screamed while Loccy's bridge ledger still waited for its final signature.
Pain entered six ward stations through the Hunting Avatar, turning treatment routes into a possession choir.
Each new wound traveled from Veran's chosen vessel toward patients connected to corrupted healers.
Vella reached the canal station through Hajin's Spirit Ring before the next transfer arrived.
She materialized beside a healer holding three golden lines, though none belonged to the woman's natural magic anymore.
White-gold scripture covered the healer's forearms, traveling through every patient receiving her treatment.
She fought the foreign words while stabilizing a child whose reopened wound matched Veran's armored chest.
Vella kept both bare hands away from the struggling healer's body. "Do you consciously want my help entering this foreign possession route?"
