Venus spat blood onto the cracked stones and flexed her gauntleted fists. "Tch. They really think waves like this can break us?" Her grin was wild, her eyes alight with battle fire.
Felix laughed, blood blades dissolving from his hands. "If this is the beginning, then let them keep coming. I'll carve a river of corpses until they choke on it."
Irina dispelled the last of her clones, sweat streaming down her brow. Her calm voice broke through the haze of arrogance and destruction. "Don't get careless. That was only the vanguard. If a stronger hollow leads the next wave…" She didn't finish, but her sharp eyes caught the others' attention.
Rudos leaned heavily on his staff, his wards flickering around the survivors he had protected. His breathing was shallow, but his expression resolute. "Irina's right. I can hold the line with my barriers, but if something beyond that swarm appears, we'll need more than brute force."
