The mother's freed limb struck the opened mountain face, pulling another section of its body from the core chamber.
Dark tissue covered the lower summit where Vella's purple circuit had wrapped around blue Gate mana. Divine Eye separated both pulses, finding the creature's core buried beneath the natural Gate core rather than inside it.
"The upper light belongs to the Gate," Aria said, marking the lower pulse in red, "the mother is using it as armor around her own core."
Hajin tightened his right hand around the damaged Chain, then started down through the redirected collapse.
Three Rings remained around his wrist, though their rotation had slowed after Eclipse Lash spent its peak. Behind him, Aegis covered the gallery while Juna, Loccy, Hans, and Cassie stayed within sight.
Cassie kept her badge raised beside the Stream's open view, recording Hajin's path toward the exposed chamber.
