Arthur let his domain loose and pumped healing ether into Iris. There was no finesse or skill to it, but he used enough energy to reconstruct half her body in the span of three seconds. Most of it went to waste, dissipating into the air when it found no wound to heal, but Arthur wasn’t taking any chances.The cuts on Iris' chest recovered quickly, though they returned and healed thrice before the foreign energy within them was finally expelled. There was a slight itch on his chest, too, but he ignored it. Arthur’s domain revealed nothing. There was no sapient life within a mile of him, though Arthur grimaced when he realised what was happening. Hundreds of signatures were rapidly closing in from all around them. “Prepare for company,” Arthur said. “Hundreds of voidbeasts are closing in. Approximately one and a half miles out. The Harvester was ready for us.”Iris drew two swords from her storage ring and prepared for combat. He’d never seen her wield the weapons before, or any weapon, for that matter, but he had no doubt she'd be showing him up when the fighting started. Haru, on the other hand, wasn’t doing so well. He was still on his knees, gazing listlessly into nothing. Arthur didn’t blame him. His twin brother had just died, and his body had been mutilated and put on display. Unfortunately, now wasn’t the time for grieving.“Quickly, Haru, you’ll never get to avenge your brother if you don't fight now.” Arthur could tell the words weren’t getting through to him.“Wait,” Haru mumbled. “Wait, wait, wait.” His voice grew louder with every word until he was almost shouting. The mind mage turned to face Arthur, eyes blazing with the fervour of desperate madness. “You’re a soul mage, right. You can bring him back. He’s only been dead for a few minutes.”Arthur grimaced. "I can try, but I'm not sure." Technically, he did possess an ability that might work. The quaternary effect of A Homunculus' Healing was (...)