Vexara didn't bother to swing the cannon around.
She'd already confirmed Ethan was still there.
She didn't know why he hadn't moved, but scent didn't lie.
Go.
My children.
The red laser punched cleanly through that area and kept going, climbing higher. It tore open the ceiling of the nest, drilling through layers of flesh and steel until it finally speared up into the surface world.
And up on the ground, the fight was already nearing its end.
Seraphine forced Primordial Death Energy and Light Force into Azmekar's body at the same time.
Death and light spread through the mechanical structure like twin infections.
But Azmekar didn't have Seraphine's gift for controlling both.
The moment the two opposing forces entered, they split along different pathways, both racing for the core. Azmekar tried to vent them, but the energies had already sunk into its armor, its tentacles, and its internal framework.
The harder it tried to expel them, the faster its body fell apart.
