618 Hybrid (Part 4)

Scarlett didn't fare much better. Darkness magic was slow, but she was still close to its source and she was wounded.

She managed to only partially dodge the incoming attack and crashed to the ground with half of her side destroyed by Xacha's spell. She gritted her teeth to keep from losing consciousness and used Invigoration to escape from the jaws of death.

After she recovered from her wounds, Scarlett was surprised to notice that she was still in her pseudo Guardian form. She waited until she was back to her peak condition before taking the Eyes of Menadion out of her pocket dimension.

Much to her surprise, the artifact could still perceive Xacha's life force running under the Gheluan forest in the form of an intricate network of hybrid tentacles. They were all converging into the cave from which the mad Nue had emerged.