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, then returned carrying casualty tags plus a shield.
Hans placed his group around the clinic frames, keeping 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 socket.
Their ash-mirrored plates faced Hajin at different angles, preventing another narrow cut from reaching every occupied line.
The forward ranks began descending before the first patient crossed, bringing firing levers toward the Aegis bridge behind him.
"Drop your weapons and clear the pass," Hajin said, keeping two Rings around his right forearm, "I will not offer it again."
