Lilith whistles, and all of the demon maids start to get up while preparing for the next finishing attack that could seal Kaelira's fate.
Kaelira faced them with everything she had in a long burst that lit up the room like a sun going off in a closed space. "I WON'T LOSEEEE...!!!"
At the same time, she heard the sounds of the constructs taking damage, saw that Lilith was moving to the side instead of straight ahead, which meant she was clearing her line, and felt the specific quality of focus that comes from having made a decision and being past the point of going back to it.
The maids pushed through. One of the maids took the full hit and disintegrated, which was satisfying from a tactical point of view, but it did not significantly reduce the number of enemies.
A shadow construct got into her fire radius and hit her on the side. She felt the cold go through her body in a way that made her body immediately know something was wrong, even though she was still full of adrenaline.
