Arachne landed several paces away as the twin beams scorched past the space she had occupied a moment earlier.
Her eyes narrowed.
Without the priest sustaining their blessings and the cleric's holy field weakening the corruption within her body, the balance of the battlefield would shift immediately. As long as the woman remained alive, the others would continue recovering from injuries that should have ended the fight.
Which meant she had to die first.
Ophelia, unaware of the silent decision forming in Arachne's mind, hurried forward the moment the spider retreated. The two spheres of light remained floating beside her shoulders as she moved, while she began reciting another prayer.
Golden energy gathered through her staff as she released streams of golden light, wrapping around both men at once. The healing energy was able to destroy and heal the corruption eating through both Clayton's hand and the knight's injury.
