The Awakened saw two colored streaks bolting from the corpses of their companions toward Lith, too fast for any of them to try anything.
"Faster, you bastards!" Jissha yelled. "Finish Vehen off before he can assimilate the Life Maelstrom!"
'Why did he also recall the natural lightning?' There was no time to share her doubts with her allies, forcing the Roc to keep them to herself. 'That's no spell. It will hurt him like it hurts us. He can't have decided to kill himself. Not after killing so many of us.'
Of course, Jissha was right.
The eight Awakened reached their target before the Life Maelstrom flooded the Tiamat again, but after the natural lightning engulfed his armor.
The Titania was left behind, still healing the wounds Ragnarök had inflicted upon her. She was the only one who witnessed the result of the combined attack and gaped at it.
