Raven shifted Lilian fully into the crook of her arm, checking her once with a glance that missed nothing, making sure her daughter was okay. Raven saw that Lilian's pulse was unstable but present, blood-mana fractured yet not extinguished, and once she was sure her daughter was alright, she turned and hurled Lilian back without ceremony.
Lilian sailed through the air, wrapped instinctively in Raven's aura like an invisible cradle, landing hard but safely beside Albedo as he struggled to stay upright. The moment Lilian was out of reach, Raven stepped forward alone.
The Abyssal Monstrosity finished forcing itself halfway through the breach.
Its scream was not sound but pressure, a layered vibration that crawled across bone and soul alike. The chamber warped around it, stone bending inward as if bowing, ritual debris lifting and dissolving into black ash before it could hit the ground.
