Sneak attack

Centric snapped back to consciousness, his senses sluggish yet rapidly adjusting to the chaos around him. He pushed himself upright, sand clinging to his body like remnants of a shattered storm. His vision was blurred by a thick, swirling haze of dust, the battlefield beyond obscured as if wrapped in nature's own war-torn veil. His ears barely registered the scattered murmurs of regrouping warriors until,

BOOM! A thunderous blast roared past him, slicing through the fog of his disoriented mind and returning his hearing in a violent rush. His head jerked up instinctively, eyes locking onto a Thanacrite soaring through the sky, its radiant energy streaking like a falling star before striking down the encroaching primordial beasts with terrifying precision.

Then came the sharp urgency of footsteps.

"Protect the Astro Leader!" a commanding voice rang out.