I missed the moment of discovery when it happened. Well, there was always a chance to miss a lot of things when you are focused on butchering demons.
It happened during the eighth wave, in the middle of a Lightning Cascade cast, when I had loaded the channels with the Anima the cast required and was holding the discharge for the extra second that produced the wider branching.
The Anima had been converted to lightning in the channels by Lightning Resonance, and the lightning was waiting to leave through the staff.
But I had missed two demons who were not cooked as thoroughly as they should, and the world sort of slowed down when they both lunged at me from behind.
In any previous loop, this would be the final stroke that would lead to my death, since I would not be able to avoid these demons, and if I turned to engage them, I would be swarmed and torn apart by the wave behind me.
