[center][h2][b]Ophelia[/b][/h2][/center]

Ophelia's own reaction to the monstrosity entering the arena was as calm as Farren's, though she had none of those underlying physical sensations detracting from her focus. She was filled with the absolute certainty that they would win, beyond a shadow of doubt, if not in this fight then in the next. This translated as a keen readiness to strike, blade held with both hands ready to be brought down overhead--but it was a different opportunity to Farren's that Ophelia saw. The little motes of guidance showed a connection between the darkbeast and the lightbeast chained in front of them--and Ophelia had spent enough time staring at those chains to know which of them connected to the hulking monstrosity. When she saw the little sparks of blue lightning beginning to build up and crackle between the fine fibres of hair, she made the decision to strike it nearly instantly.

The massive chain had fairly sizeable links, certainly big enough for Ophelia to get the tip of her blade within one. She quickstepped towards the beast in the centre and immediately looked for her prize in the chain connected more closely to the lightbeast. When she found one far enough away that she wasn't worried about hurting the lightbeast or herself she applied a quicksilver bullet to the reified light of the Holy Moonlight Sword and waited for the telltale ululation of building power before she stuck the point of the blade into the centre of one of the chain links, using the motion of her dash to angle the tip of the blade down and bring both it and the chain into contact with the ground where the explosion would soon occur.

She'd then assess the situation again visually, depending on the results of Farren's strike and what both Gerlinde and Torquil did--but her stance remained low and she would, in the absence of any particular growing danger, be looking for a particular weak spot near one of the darkbeast's joints--most likely in its rear legs--to potentially disable it for long enough for her allies to get some strong hits in.