Those who were still fighting saw the Academy Leader's death… and everyone got insanely pumped. He won!
Now there was only one thing left: clearing the planet of Risen… and then, hunting down any traitor Elders that might still be hiding somewhere.
There were about 80 Risen left… maybe a little less. They were in a chaotic, pre-complete transformation state. Out of the hundreds from before, many had already fallen to the twins, and a good chunk had died during Niara's wild fight against the Risen Chief. These Risen didn't even have enough intelligence left to pull back and ended up getting caught in the crossfire.
Darian took a deep breath. Most of his body still felt like it was made of elemental energy, but that was just a temporary state. Whenever he fully activated his control over the energies or elements, his body turned more ethereal, like he had become part of the elements themselves. He could even float.
