Ferra closed a fresh refusal brace around Hajin’s right forearm before anyone crossed Didi’s protected line toward the completed Court.
The first brace had broken after Collector spent its single defense, while the second replacement had shattered during the later gate backlash.
Neither object had returned, so Ferra had forged this third brace during the final weapon preparations from new palace iron plus remaining refusal wire.
She pressed her maker stamp into the inner plate before Aria added the new object to Hajin’s inventory record.
[Refusal Brace Three: Equipped]
[Capacity: One Distributed Backlash]
[State After Use: Unsafe Debris]
Ferra tightened the last strap before warning, "You get one spread impact, then every scored seam turns into a cutting edge."
Hajin flexed his fingers while replying, "One impact, then the pieces come off before I pretend they can save me twice."
Didi waited ten silver-gold paces ahead with her blood shield held open, leaving him a protected route without lending royal authority.
True Bearer kept the Court from assigning Hajin as her weapon while the King held twelve hostage circuits motionless behind the throne.
He stored the Legendary Chain before entering, then showed Ferra both empty hands while Aria confirmed the required artifact sequence.
Breaker’s Lever entered his right hand as Collector’s Grasp covered his bare left palm, then five Rings opened around his forearm.
The Rings supplied force without repairing older shoulder wounds as Aria said, "Lever right, Grasp left, with Ferra’s pin outside until exposure."
Hajin followed Didi’s ten paces while refusing one useless thought, ’Don’t act clever now, idiot, since Ferra already solved your hands for you.’
He placed Collector’s Grasp against the white-gold law within their agreed boundary, letting dark-gold lines test three visible seams.
Two seams reflected rank displays without carrying any physical pressure, while the third joined the Prince’s mortal key to distant divine authority.
Hajin marked that true incarnation line before setting the Lever head against its measurable edge with his right hand.
The Prince’s willing fusion had erased every rescue seam, yet one incarnation boundary remained where remote power entered a physical vessel.
Aria watched the sampled frequency before reporting, "The true line is exposed, but Phase Lock can stabilize only the section you touch."
Five Rings drove force through Hajin’s right arm while Phase Lock held the sampled law at the exact point beneath the Lever.
The artifact resisted a boundary that called itself rank instead of material, but Collector made that false description measurable.
He braced his right foot behind Didi’s tenth pace while keeping his left foot outside her blood line on ordinary stone.
Ferra raised the finite pin before saying, "The thirty-second Wedge begins after full opening, so release nothing before my pin enters."
Hajin leaned into the Lever until white-gold law bent around its head, then the Court declared his right arm broken property.
The ownership order reached toward Bloodline Sanctuary, but Aria’s buffer rejected the command while physical strain stayed inside his shoulder.
His new brace spread that first impact across every scored plate, using its only safe distribution as the outer seam opened.
One iron strip struck the floor beyond the exposed line, proving the fresh brace had entered its spent state.
Ferra kicked the loose strip away without leaving her approach before shouting, "Brace spent, so finish the opening before it becomes a blade."
The inner plates still held his wrist in line, but none retained a second protective use after the distributed backlash.
Pain crossed the old tattoo circuit while five Rings kept turning, leaving ordinary tissue damage beneath the collarbone.
Vella reached from behind the protected line, pressing both hands against the shoulder pathways she could touch without projecting lost range.
Ferra counted the approach before saying, "Seven seconds have passed, but the Wedge timer has not started yet."
Didi held her blood shield while Loccy carried foundation mass below, plus Juna waited above the throne with Daybreak Path.
Rumi guarded one mountain mark while Nari fixed its distant mate, keeping both routes closed until a safe direction existed.
The King released one Shard into an empty discharge path as the boundary bent, reducing pressure against Didi without attacking the avatar.
Eleven hostage circuits remained fixed while the opening law revealed their connections with greater clarity around the throne.
Hajin forced the Lever another finger inward, then Collector’s Grasp caught the exposed incarnation edge beneath his left palm.
Phase Lock stabilized the shared point as his right hand rotated the Lever through the resistant divine law.
The boundary opened with a white-gold crack that carried physical pressure instead of another reflected display.
[Breaker’s Lever: Incarnation Wedge Engaged]
[Stable Seam Duration: 30 Seconds]
Hajin kept both artifacts fixed while calling, "The true seam is open now, so drive the pin through Collector’s line."
Ferra crossed Didi’s protected boundary with the finite pin held in both hands before three false seams appeared around her.
One reflection seized at her maker mark, trying to drag Masterwork Network into the Court through its remote connection.
She closed the network before crossing that false line, sacrificing contact with two supports to preserve a clean physical approach.
The finite pin remained an ordinary object in her hands, since no remote skill could place it through the exposed law.
Ferra followed Collector’s dark-gold edge until the true seam pressed against her knuckles through the pin.
She drove the incarnation metal into that point, where its refusal-lattice fragments expanded against both sides of the opened boundary.
One finger tested the pin’s vibration before Ferra ordered, "Physical pressure confirmed, with twenty-six seconds remaining, so clear both artifacts."
Hajin released Collector’s Grasp from his left hand, letting its dark-gold lines withdraw before the artifact returned to inventory.
He released Breaker’s Lever from his right hand while Incarnation Wedge remained in the seam beside Ferra’s finite pin.
Both hands became empty within the protected boundary as Aria confirmed the completed change before any new weapon appeared.
The unnamed divine Growth blade entered his right hand, placing three raised grip lines beneath his fingers.
Its demonic mate entered his left hand next, with two recessed grooves confirming that no artifact had duplicated or floated outside inventory.
The Crowned Avatar struck Didi’s shield as Hajin settled both grips, trying to close her royal line around his body.
White-gold retaliation crossed her fourth Shard while she froze the ownership command at the protected tenth pace.
Vella supported Hajin’s damaged shoulder by touch while leaving the Spirit route separate from the divine boundary.
He brought both blades toward the same Phase-Locked seam, placing the divine edge above the demonic mate.
The right blade severed exposed assignment law while the left consumed regeneration entering the identical incision.
[Crossed Resonance]
A gold-black wound opened across the Ordered Court, cutting one direction through the boundary toward the preserved mountain mark.
The wound persisted while Phase Lock held its frequency, but the first strike failed to reach the hidden incarnation core.
Aria marked the opening before saying, "A safe release direction exists now, though the protected core remains beyond the remaining locks."
Backlash traveled through both blades, reaching the spent brace as every scored plate split along its prepared seam.
The brace consumed nothing this time, since its only distribution had ended during the Lever impact moments earlier.
Sharp fragments cut outward from Hajin’s forearm while full force entered his shoulder, tearing pathways beneath the collarbone.
Ferra knocked two fragments away with her pin handle before the edges could reach Didi’s blood shield.
One Ring closed under the damage while the remaining four kept enough rotation to hold the crossed blades.
The injury stayed outside Sanctuary, since ordinary backlash carried no bloodline claim toward the protected child.
Vella braced Hajin by touch before reporting, "Your shoulder pathways are torn, so another Lever sequence is impossible before treatment."
She pressed one hand above his elbow while adding, "The crossed blades remain usable, but only with reduced force through that arm."
Ferra watched the finite pin bend before announcing, "Nineteen seconds remain, while the refusal brace has become unsafe debris as promised."
Hajin held both swords crossed while she stripped the remaining brace plates from his forearm with floating tongs.
Each fragment entered a marked evidence tray, leaving no reinforced brace on his arm for another Chapter to spend.
Rumi touched the palace endpoint while Nari fixed the mountain basin, joining both marks through the release direction Hajin had opened.
Their two Wings could not carry Loccy’s foundation burden, but the Court no longer blocked the road between those points.
Loccy felt Worldbearer shift toward the safe direction while Ferra called, "Twelve seconds remain before the finite pin loses its final rotation."
The King redirected one exposed discharge into an empty reservoir, stopping when its gauge struck the red mark.
He had gained a direction rather than permission, so the remaining hostage circuits stayed fixed behind the throne.
Hajin kept his blades crossed while the hidden core remained protected beyond the black-gold wound.
His damaged shoulder shook each time the seam resisted, but he refused to hide that physical limit from the timing count.
Nari tested the mountain basin with one palm before saying, "The route accepts direction, but it cannot accept Loccy’s carried weight yet."
Loccy shifted Worldbearer by a finger’s width, making a deep fracture climb through the palace foundation toward the throne.
Ferra watched the refusal lattice before shouting, "Do not add more mass until we clear every remaining lock from this road."
Didi froze the fracture’s upper edge while Juna held the sky aperture, keeping the three release routes separate from each other.
The palace stopped settling as Ferra’s finite pin burned through its last safe rotation within the opened law.
Hajin adjusted the crossed blades by one finger width, waiting for her signal while the new wound continued receiving the mountain direction.