They were stalling.
Buying time for the main assault to break the settlement.
"COWARDS!" Seraphina roared, her corruption blades cutting through two Fallen Heroes in rapid succession—throat and heart strikes that dropped the failed experiments permanently. "FIGHT ME SERIOUSLY OR ADMIT YOU'RE AFRAID!"
"We're not afraid," Gattychan replied, his Villain's Bane suppression maintaining constant pressure. "We're tactical. Our mission is keeping you here, not killing you. So we keep you here."
Seraphina killed another Fallen Hero—decapitation with single blade strike.
Three failed experiments down. Thirteen remaining.
But killing the mindless abominations was taking time and effort—time and effort she couldn't spend helping her defenders.
"While you stall me, my people are dying!" she screamed, feeling through the telepathic network as settlement defenders fell. "Every second you keep me here is another defender killed by your soldiers!"
