The first wave rushed him without coordination, relying purely on numbers. Trafalgar exhaled once and swung Maledicta in a wide horizontal arc, releasing [Arc Slash], a dark-blue wave of mana that cut forward and tore through the front line before they could even reach striking distance. Bodies split mid-charge, collapsing into fragments as the energy continued several meters beyond them.
He stepped into the opening before it closed.
A heavier void creature lunged from his right, elongated claws twisting toward his neck. Trafalgar shifted his footing and answered with [Severing Fang], a diagonal pressure slash that parted both air and flesh with brutal force, cleaving through the creature's torso and carving a clean line through the stone beneath them.
More poured in.
