Intended Flaw (Part 2)

"At your command, my Queen. Glory to Arthan!" The Golden Griffon opened the scales of its armor, allowing the army to leave in force from multiple points without offering an easy target.

At the same time, it drained the surrounding world energy, making the gravity arrays falter and reducing the power of elemental magic to one-tenth of its effectiveness. The army mages left their arrays behind but promptly retreated behind their Awakened colleagues.

The lost academy was bent, but not broken. The damage had started to repair the moment after it was dealt and with the Divine Beasts incoming, even the Awakened had to switch to a defensive position.

Invigoration was off the table and the enemies were all boosted by both Life Maelstrom and the academy, making up for the ambush.