~Kaida Orion POV~
I kneel and pour moon-water into the pool, it hisses, glowing... green roots writhe. Lupus and I begin cutting the roots at their base, the vines fight...shriek loud and lash.
He slices through one emerald strand; I follow with another, magic crackles like electricity. It happens suddenly....a chilling voice drifts through the glade: "You may cut the roots, but not the root of my power."
I freeze, blade hovering.
Lupus grips me. "Do not fear."
The roots tremble, and one lunges at us...large, twisting, shot through with green flame.
We fight back-to-back, His sword meets the vine; mine severs it, then sparks fly.
Biat chants louder, the Moon Priest completes an incantation, and the pool glows brighter. I raise my voice in vow:
"By pack and moon, by oath and heart, this node shall fall, this root undone."
