All three beasts screamed at the same time.
The sound layered over itself, the shrill sound somehow amplifying as it moved through the air.
Without wasting another second, the beasts dashed towards them.
Lukas had expected them to be fast, but he hadn't expected them to be this fast.
The Chilopodas crossed the sand in a low, skimming rush, their twenty legs cycling in rapid sequence, their bodies staying almost flat to the ground as they came.
The distance between them closed faster than it had any right to.
Akira was already moving. She stepped forward, [Temptation] in her hand as she walked directly toward the beast on the left.
She didn't run. She simply walked with her eyes fixed on it, a wide grin on her face.
"Finally!" She brandished her sword, and without looking back, said to Lukas. "Don't you dare interfere."
Melody moved at the same moment, angling towards the beast at the center.
As she walked, she raised her arm and activated the [Chameleon Bracer] on it.
