Selphira and Sirius had descended at full speed when Ren had warned that if Dragarion used too much energy he would die.
Her water lance was already crystallized when she materialized with Sirius outside the King’s shadow.
Selphira’s most powerful weapon cracked upon receiving the whip’s impact but ultimately managed to resist by a hair, and the white ice purification broke a section of the corrupt threads.
The collision was spectacular. Crystal met corruption in a clash that sent shockwaves through the chamber’s air, each force trying to overwhelm the other through pure concentrated will.
But the impact sent the corrupted girl flying with force that created shock waves in the air, saving Dragarion by milliseconds.
The timing had been perfect. One moment later and the arrival would have been meaningless, there would have been nothing left to save.
But now that he had support...
Selphira gave Dragarion minimal body healing, enough so he could move a little, but avoiding circulating too much mana in him so as not to damage his system more than it already was.
Selphira and Sirius didn’t arrive alone. Julius entered immediately after with his fusion activated, followed by high-level doubles who had been unlocked by Ren.
All moved like a perfectly coordinated unit, eliminating the monsters emerging from the veins with efficiency that would have been impossible without the advantages they had received.
Even Zhao appeared emerging from his camouflage and silent flight, with Ren not far behind holding Larissa’s hand, who contributed rapid spatial jumps to the duo.
The boy’s new enhancements put him at the rank of being capable of making one or two beasts retreat with his purifying light.
Around their King, everyone began to dance in a protective tune.
It wasn’t a metaphor; they literally moved in circles that created a defensive perimeter of monster elimination, each combatant covering the others’ blind spots while maintaining constant rotation that prevented any enemy attack from finding an opening.
Ren’s fungus mana roots immediately extended to analyze the enemy, its ultra thin jade and golden filaments contrasting dramatically with the purple veins covering the walls.
Selthia, struck but not defeated, melted into the veins to escape Selphira’s relentless attack.
Her form dispersed like corrupt liquid flowing through abyssal arteries. The transformation was both a retreat and a demonstration of how thoroughly she had integrated with the corruption system.
"Don’t let her escape!" Selphira shouted, pursuing the fluid form with ice lances that sought to cut the venous connections.
But the cadence of monsters increased dramatically, since they were no longer under threat of being erased on a large scale by Dragarion’s light, which was completely spent...
The beasts showed the true monstrosity of their numbers.
For seconds that felt like hours, everyone fought against tireless hordes of monsters generated from all angles.
It was like being in the center of a hurricane of nightmares, where each defeated creature was immediately replaced by two more. The corruption had been holding back, conserving its forces while Dragarion remained an unknown level of threat. Now it unleashed everything.
Julius coordinated the defense, his natural ability in management evident in how he directed the doubles.
Sirius used his mobility to eliminate threats that tried to flank the group.
Selphira maintained the offensive while trying to keep her cool to avoid using the overflowing dragon power Ren had passed to her.
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Victor and his group managed to touch ground just as the first waves of corrupt beasts began their massive assault against the defensive lines.
But the defense of the army of tens of thousands proved competent.
Not only had the reliable armies of the Dravenholm and Ashenway contributed...
The opportunists, those nobles who had hesitated and calculated during the entire war, had finally served some purpose too.
Thousands of soldiers extended defensive formations that had been perfected during generations of border conflict. Their hesitation during the political crisis may have been cowardice, but their military training was genuine.
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