The remaining five arrived in the following order.
The sixth came through the eastern lateral passage eleven minutes into the wait — a woman running a summoning classification, her catalogue visibly active, two construct-type summons flanking her that she deactivated when she registered the ballroom's cleared state and the group occupying it. She had a burn across her left shoulder from something that used fire as a primary output and had managed it cleanly enough that it wasn't slowing her.
This was Xali.
She looked at the marble floor damage and the mana marker at the staircase threshold and the five hunters already present and made her assessment in approximately four seconds.
"You cleared the floor," she said.
"The floor is clear," Rean confirmed. "Boss is down. Circuit is dark."
He was basically repeating this whole sets for all the others as they made contact.
