[h3]Hidden alcove, outside the walls south of Yahar'gul, northwest of Yharnam[/h3]
Rather than swivel in place to track Farren and try to land its intended attack, the darkbeast simply followed him with its head as he quickstepped away. The claw it had raised and begun focusing energy into lowered again, the bluish glow dispersing back into the rest of its body. Then its maw opened as it let out a long, terrible, hoarse screech, the fur on its body standing up and crackling with energy as its entire body started glowing more brightly.
They would all doubtlessly recognize the signs of it preparing another massive explosion of lightning as it had done earlier. Farren in particular would also probably realize that the weak chain link he was targeting was within the area of effect... and Ophelia in particular knew from experience that whenever the darkbeast channeled lightning, the chain also became electrified.

Meanwhile the warm glow from the lightbeast enveloped it, healing the horrible damage Gerlinde had just gouged out of its skull. Like before, the warm glow also spread up and enshrouded the darkbeast on top of it... though notably, the glow appeared to reach the darkbeast directly at the moment, spreading up to where it was perched on top of the lightbeast before it had a chance to fully spread along the chain to reach it.
Gerlinde, still hanging onto the lightbeast's face, regenerated, and her silence first turned into a cough, then a hoarse croak, and then back into her boisterous laughter as her throat and lungs resumed something approaching normal function. Though her hair was considerably shorter now and still smoldering, and her clothes had gotten somewhat less decent than they already were, she appeared to be ready to keep fighting. She looked up at the darkbeast preparing its attack while lowering her left hand to her hip and popping out another quicksilver bullet from the tube.