After Azmekar finished evolving, its energy output had clearly climbed past what it had been a moment ago.
But—
What about its defense?
Seraphine's Primordial Death Energy swelled again.
The deep-crimson beam expanded another ring, erasing entire clusters of mechanical insects along its path. Fragments rained from the sky, losing their original structure before they even reached the ground.
Queen Elowen kept her eyes on the energy sphere Azmekar had thrown—pinned down by death power, its speed steadily dropping.
Cold surged in her palm.
Ice-blue energy condensed into a long, slim shaft, then transparent frost-crystal spread forward from the tail end. A complete ice arrow formed in her hand in seconds, the air around its tip frosting over again and again.
Andona stood beside her and lifted both hands.
Divine Power stretched between her palms, shaping itself into a blazing golden longbow.
