"Submit!"
Ilyndra's voice remained completely emotionless.
The moment her fingers moved, the nine suns responded.
They spread outward.
Boom!
Nine pillars of solar fire descended from the heavens, connecting the spheres to the earth and transforming the entire desert into a sea of flames. The battlefield seemed to disappear beneath the radiance, leaving Emery standing inside what looked like the heart of a newborn star.
And within that blazing domain, the enormous projection moved.
It raised a spectral javelin.
The weapon was far larger than Ilyndra herself, its surface formed entirely from condensed solar energy. As the projection drew its arm back, countless layers of golden runes appeared along the javelin's shaft, each one feeding more power into the weapon.
Then it thrust forward.
The attack did not travel through the air.
It dragged the sunlight itself forward with it.
The entire battlefield seemed to collapse toward the tip of the javelin.
