The spire's energy thickens the air and makes every move feel heavier. Elena's aura blazes brighter as the last guardian constructs loom over them. Her molten blade pulses with energy.
"Focus up!" Elena's voice rang clear through the chaos. Her molten blade slashed downward, sending a wave of lava toward the nearest guardian. "Valentina, keep the first one distracted. Isabella, target its joints with your arrows. Hana, weaken the runes on their cores! I'll take the second one."
The group sprang into action without hesitation, their movements more coordinated under Elena's command.
Valentina rushed to the first guardian, her flaming blade igniting with a burst of fire mana. The creature swung its massive stone arm toward her, but she ducked low, her blade slicing through its wrist. The impact caused molten cracks along the guardian's forearm, but it wasn't enough to stop it.
