The corridor to the barrier control station teemed with homunculi, their silver bodies flowing together like quicksilver as they moved to intercept the survivors. Alexandra led the charge, her cyan-infused blade carving through the artificial beings with desperate precision. Behind her, Leone and Juron formed a protective wedge around Finn and Darius, the group moving as a single coordinated unit despite their exhaustion.
"There's too many!" Darius called, his sword arm trembling from exertion as another wave of homunculi surged forward.
"Keep moving!" Alexandra shouted back, her blade severing a crystalline appendage that came too close. "The barrier control is just ahead!"
Through a gap in the homunculi tide, she caught a glimpse of their destination—a heavily reinforced door at the corridor's end, marked with the imperial emblem and barrier control insignia. If they could reach it, they might still have a chance to disrupt the Convergence.
