As soon as Zach began moving backward, Violina and her familiars went all out with an icy torrent of what might as well be called unorthodox magic. It was the amalgamation of her familiars' innate ice abilities and her ice energy being released together.
Violina used her recently strengthened Cold Bestowal to bestow additional chill and ice to her familiars, strengthening them and their not-quite-magic magic.
The combined attack baptized Monolith in a thick layer of ice, temporarily turning him into an ice sculpture. They didn't let up their shower of flowing ice for a second as Violina approached.
She didn't even have her sword unsheathed.
Her current objective wasn't to cut Monolith. She couldn't cut him. Her sword wasn't sharp enough, and she wasn't strong enough.
No, her objective was to weaken Monolith and his magical defenses as much as possible.
