Dalen reached the overlook with nine militia defenders while Hajin maintained both Aegis layers beneath the wounded line.
The rear clerk had counted every orchard resident during the evacuation, returning with casualty tags beneath one arm and a shield beneath the other.
Hans placed his group around the clinic frames and kept them behind the rope crossing while Vella prepared the first transfer.
Across the pass, eighty-four vanguard fighters locked mantlets along the forward shoulder while seventy-two formed around Dreth's larger socket.
Their ash-mirrored plates faced Hajin at different angles and prevented another narrow cut from reaching every occupied line.
The forward ranks began descending before the first patient crossed and brought firing levers toward the Aegis bridge behind him.
Hajin kept both Rings turning as the first hooked pole tested the edge of the crossing.
