[Celestial Academy — Side Corridor — 11:19 AM]
The second creature had been learning for twenty minutes.
That was the real problem.
Not its level — that had been evident from the first exchange. The problem was that every time Raven found an angle, every time Marcus found an entry point, every time Aurum calibrated [Solar Breath]'s output to maximize damage to the exoskeleton, the creature processed the information and adjusted.
Not quickly. But consistently.
And twenty minutes was enough for it to have adjusted quite a bit.
Raven with the silver knife on the corridor floor — not to attack, to mark. Each active blood mark on the magical plane traced the position of the creature's spiritual limbs, which were invisible but displaced the blood on the physical plane when they passed close.
The map that [Hemomancy] gave her was the only reason they were still standing.
"Right flank in two seconds," said Raven.
