Scylla and Seryth clashed with furious precision, sparks of fire and mist scattering with every strike of their blades. Scylla brought both Ether Twins down in a blazing arc, but Seryth’s wings unfolded like a shield of scaled emerald — the impact rang out like thunder, sending Scylla skidding backward across the scorched ground. Seryth’s eyes gleamed. “Demon Magic Arts: Mist of Paralysis.” Her twin daggers dissolved into smoke as her scaly hands pulsed with an ominous green glow. Then, like a living plague, a dark mist poured from her form — coiling, whispering, spreading faster than breath. Scylla leapt back, but the fog was relentless. It swallowed the air around her before she could react. She inhaled once — a mistake. Her movements faltered. Her armor’s flames flickered weakly,

