The blue paused, revealing itself, and struck.
Clang!
"Don't forget about me!"
It was Ava.
As she stepped back, premeditatively avoiding an attack that hadn't yet arrived, she struck another with her staff, cracking their skull and dropping them to the ground.
"You talk a lot for someone hiding behind a scrap heap!"
Maraak mockingly laughed in response.
"Alright! Let's test your theory! OVERCLOCK!"
The constructs lit up with Aether and attacked Arthur and Sofia at once, leaving them only a second to react.
But that was enough.
At least for Sofia.
She displayed her martial arts prowess, meeting the swarm before they could even attack.
Unlike Arthur, whose each strike depended on luck, she moved with something beyond, a level nearing Emir's, a level unattainable by luck.
Her blade sliced through two constructs, their metal plating seemingly offering no protection.
