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Lisette broke off in a run ahead of the others, crossing each of the bridges that Dylan conjured for them. She jumped and climbed a few platforms higher and aimed her bow down at the tower below.

A puddle of ooze began to shape behind Estelle, but an arrow quickly pierced it, turning it back into a pile of liquidy goop that absorbed back into the platform itself.

"I'll cover you guys from here!" Lisette called down, sniping another ooze monster. She didn't realize that she had a big smile on her face; their determination was rubbing off on her, but her own strength was coming through as well. Wanting to be helpful, wanting everyone's trust... Wanting isn't enough. She could protect them. She aimed at Largo next, at the man she had only heard great tales about from both strangers and her friends alike.

Amy and Selan soon caught up, standing a safe distance from the false Largo but close enough to the Pride to watch their every move. Selan watched Estelle closely, noting that she held no hesitation towards attacking the man that she knew the swordswoman deeply respected and cared for. The determination on her face and that of the others was the reason why she never had any doubts about the younger girl leading them. If Estelle could fight through the illusions, she could as well.

The thunderstorms and the distant, beckoning apparition began to fade away.

The false Largo loosened his grip on his axe, and the blade hit the brick with an audible thud, chips of the ground beneath it spraying in an arc. "They're winning," Selan breathed out of both relief and surprise. He was stumbling from whatever Lute had done to him, and as the oily liquid collected around his wounds to heal him, another one opened up from an arrow piercing him in his abdomen. Largo roared and raised his axe high in response.