Shin's devastating burst of energy tears open a gap for Hakuto. He plummets straight down above Cassian, flame sword raised high, blazing against the darkness swallowing everything.
The Avatar of the Primordial Shadow lifts his gaze. He stretches his arm upward, aiming straight at Hakuto.
«My patience is at its limit, insolent little brat!» Cassian growls. A pulsing globe of pure dark energy swells around his hand. «No one will save you from this now!»
A massive beam of abyss-black energy erupts, streaking straight toward Hakuto.
But before he can react… —SLAM!
Something slams into Hakuto's shoulder, knocking him out of the path of Cassian's dark spell.
Someone—or something—that stuns Hakuto for a moment.
It is a massive being clad head to toe in heavy plate armor, like a medieval knight. From its back spread wide wings of razor-edged feathers, like a raptor's.
