Liora realized the wolverine was currently regenerating.
She saw the impressive construction continuing and assumed the beast had mana to spare.
He only needed to make 5 more stakes to complete the arsenal of 10 projectiles.
And then he could use his increasingly tall towers to trap the serpent in the sky, a three-dimensional launch structure that would convert the open space the Bashe had been using as advantage into a cage where escape would be nearly impossible.
The geometry was already established. 4 corners plus 1 center gave 5 firing positions. 10 stakes meant 2 volleys, first volley to establish the network and force the Bashe into defensive posture, second volley to overwhelm it while it was dealing with the first.
Or maybe he'd fire all 10 simultaneously. Liora couldn't be sure. That uncertainty was an advantage for Ren in itself, she had to prepare for multiple scenarios, couldn't commit fully to any single defensive strategy.
The towers continued growing.
