Shadows in the Steel Room

"Three," Amber said into the radio, gripping her two daggers. One blade shimmered with frost, the other had flames enveloping it.

"Two." The Chimaeric Demons tensed.

"One." Mira prepared to shapeshift.

Space warped around them. The world blurred and reformed as Amber's brain crystal power transported them into the barrier masters' room. 

They appeared in a semicircle surrounding their targets.

The group glimpsed at the room before the mayhem started. It was spacious but austere—mana-powered, metal-reinforced walls surrounded them, and scattered furniture was pushed to the sides. There were six targets inside that room. 

Before the group warped in, they were all channeling mana to power up the barrier. 

 Amber and the others acted before the barrier masters could understand what was happening. The attack was going to leave them shocked and surprised, and hopefully, this would give them another advantage.