Chapter 26: A Bird In The Bush

"Now." Both team leaders ordered at the same time, and [Guard] barriers went up at the same time that two blinding sword lights tore across the intervening gap, and six red streaks came down from the sky toward the mages' backs. Karl slashed an uppercut toward the attackers, sending his own [Rend] attack into the incoming sword light. The collision dissipated the claws, but dimmed the light of the sword attacks, before the second [Rend] stopped them entirely. The warriors on Karl's team smiled...