Kael met them.
Sage gathered Rue into her arms. Sage's nine tails wrapped around Rue protectively as she launched skyward—FWOOM—fox fire propelling her away from the battlefield.
Behind her, the shockwave from Kael's clash with Draxos and Claude hit—BOOM—a wall of compressed air that caught Sage mid-flight. She coughed blood—SPLAT—the crimson liquid spraying across Rue's pale face. Her ribs cracked—CRACK—the pressure wave partially bypassing her Spirit Soul Rank 4 defense.
Sage pushed forward—GRRR—her teeth gritted, her fox fire blazing as she carved a path through the shockwaves. Each impact sent tremors through her body—SHAKE—but she didn't stop. She flew—WHOOSH—putting distance between herself and the battlefield.
The sounds behind her were terrifying—BOOM, CRASH, FWOOM, CLANG—the earth-shaking violence of three monsters clashing. She could feel the shockwaves diminishing—dim, dim—as she put more distance between them.
