Another wraith retaliated by unleashing a pulse of energy that sent Jesua tumbling backward. She caught herself mid-roll, kicking off the ground to regain her stance. "These things are slippery," she muttered, her eyes scanning for the next threat. Spotting a fishman charging her, she sidestepped at the last moment, slashing both its legs and leaving it flailing on the ground.
The crab men, though fewer in number, fought with relentless ferocity. One charged at Sylus, its remaining claw glowing with water magic as it prepared a crushing blow. Sylus planted his staff into the seabed and conjured a thick wall of ice, but the crab man shattered through it with brute force. Before it could reach him, Cyrus intercepted with a diving strike, his trident piercing through the creature's carapace. "Watch your six, Sylus!" he growled.