The Zone drove another road section against Aegis before Vella finished reaching the eight defenders wounded beside Dalen.
Hajin held all three Rings around his right forearm, keeping the damaged Chain extended across the broken pass behind him.
Ash-white mana caught every falling piece before it settled, returning the same terrain toward the rescue line from another angle.
Vella placed golden seals over the new wounds while three earlier patients remained connected to Hajin's lower barrier.
"Fifteen living patients," she said, checking each marker without lifting her hands, "all can move if your lower layer stays beneath them."
Hans opened the casualty roll beside Dalen, adding his name beneath the nine people killed on the orchard bank.
Kenny remained under a separate cover beyond Ressa, leaving ten Sixth bodies plus one Flint body inside the barrier.
