Rumble! Rumble!
A girl from Block A, her robes singed from a fire weave that had detonated too close to her position, found herself backed against three opponents wielding coordinated staff techniques.
Her own weapon—an elegantly curved sword that gleamed with enchanted steel—moved in desperate arcs as she fought to maintain her footing near the platform's edge.
"Frost Barrier!" she cried, her mind manipulating numerous threads that materialized into a wall of crystalline ice.
The makeshift defense bought her precious seconds, but her opponents were already moving to flank the obstacle.
Nearby, two girls from Block C had formed a back-to-back defensive position, their weapons weaving protective patterns as they fought against a slowly tightening circle of female attackers.
