At the Southern Gate, Rayden was still frozen in place, his eyes scanning the chaotic scene. His mind raced.
'What the hell is going on…?'
In front of them, Frederik stood tall among his troops with an arrogant smirk on his face.
"Heh… I'll crush every single one of you," he sneered, raising his sword.
Before anyone could respond, a blur of light zipped across the battlefield.
Reinar, a streak of motion too fast to follow, shot forward like a flash of lightning.
"C-Captain, what do we do?! He's too fast!" Clint panicked, stepping back.
Rayden clenched his fists. "We go for the gas. We recover the soldiers, now."
Without hesitation, Celestia stepped forward. "I'll take care of Reinar."
With a deep breath, she activated her new skill, [Phantom Step]. Her body flickered, vanishing in a shimmer of translucent silver.
A split-second later, silver threads surged forward from nowhere, her [Silver Thread] catching Reinar mid-dash and trapping him in mid-air, entangled.
