Tendrils extended from the fingers of Leo's clone atop the castle, throwing away the first few accurate rocks.
Initial defense was successful, but continuing this way wasn't exactly plausible.
The stubbornness of the puppet-like replicas was as annoying as usual.
'Makes sense, I guess.'
If any of these replica Dragons had actually cared about their own skin, the situation wouldn't have developed this far to begin with.
In the end, the Trial of Defense was just that, a test for both the defenders and the attackers, and the answering sheet was the Defender's Castle.
Its state at the very end of the Trial dictated the credits that each side would get, so…
'I just have to be quick.'
"A little help here?"
Although his shadow creations could act autonomously to defend both him and the castle, Leo didn't trust their performance to be as close to perfect as his actual control was.
Such sensitive tasks were better left for the main defender on the team.
"Right away!"
