The cave exploded into motion the moment the first beast lunged. Stone cracked beneath its weight as it tore itself from the wall of beasts, one massive arm swinging toward Sagiri with enough force to collapse rock on impact. Sagiri moved instantly, sliding beneath the strike as the arm smashed into another beast beside him, the entire wall bursting apart in a rain of shattered stone as the two went flying into the cavern wall.
Dust filled the air. Another shape moved through it. A second beast. Then a third. What had looked like part of the cave moments ago began pulling itself free from the darkness around him. Sagiri drew Nokai and drove forward before they could fully surround him, his blade carving across the nearest creature's rock-hard shell. Sparks burst from the impact instead of blood.
