phantom claws: extends the reach of her claws with purple energy slashes, allowing for mid-range attacks.The field test took them back to the Dark Forest's perimeter three days later, a smaller team this time, Ashworth keeping the operation deliberately low-profile given everything Voss's second contact had revealed about the Foundry's ongoing surveillance.
"We're targeting a moderate corruption cluster," Ashworth explained, studying a map marked with the latest survey data. "Far enough from the sealed passage to avoid direct Vaelmyr attention, but dense enough to give us a meaningful test of your suppression ability at scale."
"And if the Vaelmyr notices anyway?" Samuel asked.
"Then we retreat immediately. This is a test, not a confrontation."
