Aria spun around. Her staff flared with pink and gold light as she unleashed the spell into the empty mist.
Three seconds later, a Wraith lunged forward. It ran perfectly into the glowing chains and immobilized itself.
Vahn casually stepped forward. He drove a single reinforced kick into the creature's core, shattering it into blue pixels.
"This is incredibly efficient," Vahn murmured.
A genuine smile returned to his face as he watched the glowing streams of data outline every single enemy in the immediate vicinity.
"But the data processing is severely taxing the hardware."
A sharp throbbing ache bloomed at the base of his skull. The human brain was never meant to simultaneously process the present reality and the immediate future.
The neural strain was immense and caused his digital avatar to flicker slightly.
"We need to establish a secure perimeter," Vahn announced.
