Progression in Interdimensional Travel (61)

With a sharp twist of her hips, she hurled both spheres forward.

The orbs collided with the stunned Howler, their gravitational fields compressing instantly.

A localized implosion followed—

—the beast's body contorted, twisted inward upon itself, bones snapping, flesh crumpling into a dense, unnatural spiral of shattered wings and shriveled remains.

The attack left nothing behind but a warped, mangled husk that dropped like a stone onto the battlefield below.

Ethel barely had time to breathe before a Skulker leapt at her from the side, its razor-like limbs scything toward her exposed flank.

She twisted her upper body sharply, just enough to avoid being gutted, then lashed out with her left hand, catching the creature's elongated forelimb in midair.

Its momentum was still carrying it forward—but Ethel turned that against it.