Noah tightened his grip on the Eclipse blade as Nyx accelerated toward the swarm. The void-edged weapon hummed with power, eager for the coming battle. Storm flanked them, ice crystals trailing in his wake like diamonds scattered across the alien sky.
'Initial strike needs to thin their numbers,' Noah thought, analyzing the swarm's formation. 'Break their cohesion, force them to scatter.'
"Nyx, Inferno Storm!" he commanded. "Storm, Winter Vortex! Target the center mass!"
The two beasts responded immediately. Nyx released a torrent of red flames that cut through the leading edge of the swarm, while Storm's freezing winds created a deadly crosscurrent. Dozens of hornets caught in the convergence of fire and ice shattered or burned in mid-air.
[Exp Gained: +1000 x27]
The system notifications began flooding Noah's vision, but he had no time to register them. The moment had come.
"Keep them busy!" he shouted to his companion.
