However, before she could reach far the griffin swooped in , descending with breathtaking velocity, its talons and beak a whirlwind of lethal precision. Homura dodged nimbly, her flames bursting forth in a defensive blaze that scorched the griffin as it soared past.
"Oh, your finally back," she said as she started searching for the phoenix and saw it heading to heal the other two,she grimaced. "I would really appreciate it if you would let me go kill that oversized chicken first, but you're not going to, are you?" She asked frustration evident in her tone.
As she charged towards the griffin, its long tail lashed out like a whip, catching her off guard. Instinctively, she ducked, narrowly avoiding the blow, but the distraction proved costly. The other beasts seized the opportunity, launching their own assaults with deadly accuracy.
Homura was suddenly hit by the red projectile she had tried so much to evade and just as she expected the area it had struck turned a sickly red as it started spreading slowly. Before she could get back to her senses she was hit again by an ice spear crackling with lightning and was slamed to the ground. The griffin dived down for a fatal attack but Homura managed to barely dodge it, the griffin almost tearing of her arm.
"So you finally decided to attack me together, well bring it on, I'll kill you all at the same time," she shouted while charging in while grinning, paying no regard to her injuries.
She sent out multiple flame daggers but the qilin released it's red mist blocking all the attacks effortlessly. She tried using her concentrated flame arc but before she could finish it she was assailed by a barage of lightning covered ice spears, before she could evade them she was attacked by the griffin from behind pushing her towards the spears each connecting, sending her crashing to the floor reeling in pain.
"Well this might be problemat.." she said before coughing up a mouthful of blood. The fire in her eyes intensified despite all the attacks she recieved as she suddenly disappeared and appeared before the phoenix. "I'm not going out without at least one hit on you," she said to the phoenix before releasing a concentrated flame arc towards it almost beheading it but before she could attack again she was swarmed by attacks from the other beasts.
Despite her skill, Homura sensed the battle's momentum shifting. The guardians, though battered, were unyielding, bolstered by the phoenix's healing abilities she knew she had no chance of victory. Homura's flames, once a fearsome blaze, now waned with exhaustion. Her movements grew sluggish, her breaths labored, and the beasts noticing this change intensified their attacks.
In a last ditch effort, Homura mustered her remaining strength and used the skill sea of flames again conjuring a vortex that consumed the dungeon with its fury. The guardians staggered, the inferno's ferocity nearly overcoming them,but with their combined effort they managed to quell it. As the inferno disappeared ,Homura stood drained, her energy depleted, her daggers slipping from her weakened grasp.
The creatures rejoiced as their source of sorrow and pain was on the verge of death as they continued their assault on Homura attacking with a new vigour.