Chapter 92: Treacherous journey [16]
The team exploded into action in sync, moving not like distinct individual parts, but like the cogs of the same machine.
Seamless. Ruthless. Efficient.
WHOOSH!
Veyra’s Thornstrike arrows pierced a Scorched warrior’s shoulder, roots bursting as Lorn already moved to shield Soren, whose Emberblade clashed against another enemy warrior, sparks flying.
Kaelin, restrained, used Ashveil Cloak to flank, daggers grazing a scout, avoiding reckless charges.
Clayton unleashed Spine Bloom, thorns pinning two scouts, his Architect power slipping.
He fired Regalia’s root arrows, shredding a scout’s chest, and slashed with Thornshade Dagger, venom dousing the enemy Luminous Seed’s Emberlash Aspect.
He kept Aphid Network hidden, commanding it to hunt stragglers via Hive-Sight.
Torren’s pyro-roots and Veyra’s arrows felled three scouts.
As for the enemy Scorchlord. This time, they didn’t let him slip through their grasp as with the others buying them the opportunity, the slippery Kaelin and the brutal Soren downed him.
The Scorchlord collapsed, gasping, "You’ll burn in the Scorchpaths".