Lava Scissor's molten brow twitched.
Elius tilted his head. "Could it be… that you don't want me to attack?"
Lava Scissor's silence said more than any roar.
Elius smiled thinly. "Because you get tired easily? And once you're tired… you become exhausted. Slow. Weak."
The villain flinched.
Elius's voice darkened. "Telling us your weakness so casually… Are you really a proper villain, as you claimed?"
At the rear, behind the scattered debris and still-smoking stone, Ron's eyes widened. His velociraptor pupils dilated with realization.
"Elius…" Ron muttered, stunned. "You're a genius!"
Lina floated slightly higher, her hands glowing faintly again. "He figured out his pattern."
Klee clenched her fists, a rare fire in her eyes. "So he does have a weakness!"
Shiro nodded slowly, his gaze fixed on the lone warrior in the center.
"Well played…" he whispered.
Then Ron growled and stepped forward. "Then let's go help him and finish this together—!"
