Chapter 607 - 601. Falling Star
The moment Bassena ripped the layers of tendrils away, a loud shriek blasted outward; angry, desperate, and meant to hurt.
Bassena ignored the pain and let his eardrum bust instead, but the other espers couldn’t just do that. They groaned and covered their ears, repressing the shook assaulting their nerves. It prompted their attacks to stop, and some even staggered back, hanging by a thread of consciousness.
Even the Eastern Sun could not avoid this, although she fared way better than the others thanks to her position in the back and her high mana constitution. While she was still pressing her palm over her ear, someone grabbed her arm.
"Go!" the guide who looked as if he couldn’t move just a few seconds earlier looked at her fiercely. "The others are compromised right now--you need to take over the attack until they recover!"
Because of the shriek, the attacks keeping the tendrils busy had stopped, and they were lashing out at Bassena. The esper was either too focused on his effort to dig inside the slits or had a really good biological armor, but he did not give any reaction.
Still, it would certainly become dangerous if no one were to keep those tendrils away.
"Shit--" she was about to dash forward, but paused to look back at Zein. "Wait--you’re fine?"
"Yes, hurry!"
Zein just replied briefly while running toward where the supports were. "Shin!" he snatched the wincing healer’s arm, snapping him awake with a short bout of guiding. "Shin, you need to heal them!"
"H-huh?" Han Shin shook his head in a daze.
"Declare sanctuary!" Zein barked and swiftly moved toward Senan. Just like before, he snatched the defender’s shoulder and shocked Senan awake with a short guiding. It burdened his body more, but there was no leeway of being calculating at this point. "Senan, go protect Shin. He wouldn’t be able to move during the spell."