"How do they coordinate like this?" Mia asked breathlessly with her palms against the glass.
"Mana defense units undergo strict synchronization training," one of the assistant instructors replied. "Each team operates like a single nervous system. The warriors create openings. The mages control the terrain. The summoners bring disruption and backup."
As if to emphasize this, another instructor raised her staff high, and the ocean water beneath churned unnaturally.
"Aqua Siphon Spiral!" she chanted.
A swirling column of sea water rose upward like a summoned deity and twisted into a helix as it captured three beasts mid-motion.
Their bodies froze midair, trapped in a cyclone of their own element. With a flick of her wrist, Instructor Maria compressed the spiral into a water lance and hurled it downward.
It impaled all three.
The explosion of elemental energy that followed lit the entire stormy skyline in violet and blue.
