[h3]Pthumeru Yharnam layer, the Old Labyrinth[/h3]
[h3][color=red]Arrayah, the Profane[/color][/h3]
The Moonborn Hunter did not hesitate to grab Farren's Bulwark as soon as it as offered, though they did pause for a second afterward to cock their head as they seemingly examined the sword as if puzzled as to why they had received it. Rather than dwell on the question they obviously could not ask, however, another bluish flash announced the arrival of half a Blade of Mercy in their left hand before they promptly rushed into a frontal assault against Arrayah.
This time Arrayah – now fully recovered from getting stunned and crashing into the wall – delivered a diagonal slash with her sword the instant the Moonborn Hunter was in range. Her long arms meant that she could hit the Moonborn long before they could reach her, and this attack was executed with an explosive burst of speed that made it difficult to even [I]see[/I] it from up close, and impossible to evade it with a quickstep. The most the Moonborn could do was to lean slightly to the side so that they “only” received a deep and horrid gash into their shoulder and chest rather than being instantly beheaded.

Ignoring the damage they had received, the Moonborn kept up their aggression and Arrayah's attention on themself. They stepped in close, right up to her body, and viciously stabbed both of their weapons into their monstrous opponent. The Blade of Mercy-half barely penetrated Arrayah's skin, piercing maybe a centimeter or so inside and doing entirely negligible damage, whereas the Bulwark – propelled by their superhuman strength – plunged in all the way to the hilt.
Arrayah let out a terrible, inhuman wail and recoiled from the damage, but that was nothing compared to the earsplitting scream that filled the cavern a second later when the Moonborn Hunter activated Bulwark's transformation while its blade was still embedded inside her.

Torquil also decided to take advantage of this moment of weakness and rushed up to Arrayah's left side, relentlessly slamming her with Fulmen another two times. The first hit produced another burst of electricity, somewhat larger than the previous once, and left a slightly more severe burn before it regenerated. After the second hit with an even bigger burst, however, the hammerhead seemed to have begun continuously emitting fingers of lightning that crawled across its surface.