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"Hermes! Don't overexert yourself!" Alma panicked.
"No, it's fine!" Hermes said, teleporting them even higher. "We have to find that bitch and end this quickly! Ugh...!"
"I know, and your help is greatly needed for that," Root said. "But you must take care of yourself as well!"
Root grabbed Hermes and Alma with his giant skeletal hand, infusing his Aura of Life into them and healing their exhaustion as much as he could.
Hermes didn't fully heal, but he felt much better, quickly teleporting them upward as a giant fist nearly crushed them.
"STOP RUNNING!"
Toyouke-Ōmikami roared furiously. Giant crimson eyes across the titan she had manifested opened, firing dozens of beams of annihilation. They were erratic, firing everywhere constantly, aiming to confuse her opponents.
And it somewhat worked!
BOOOM!
"Aaaagh!"
"Ugh?!"
Hermes and Alma groaned as one of the beams struck them, though it hit Root's giant body instead, spreading cracks through his bones.
