He cut through it with holy power, but it cost him precious seconds.
Twenty specialists cast Curse Barrage - hundreds of minor curses launched simultaneously, each individually weak but collectively overwhelming.
Seraphelle's Divine Sanctuary intercepted most, but some got through. Gattychan felt curses of pain, weakness, exhaustion stacking on him. Individually trivial. Together, significant.
Fifteen specialists cast Decay Aura - creating zones where metal corroded and flesh aged rapidly.
Gattychan's armor began deteriorating. Seraphelle's healing countered the aging effect but had to work constantly.
And still the three coordinators maintained the network, directing seventy-seven mages with single-minded precision.
The battle evolved into desperate attrition.
The heroes fought to break the network while avoiding overwhelming damage from coordinated casting.
The specialists fought to hold the network together while buying every second of time they could.
