'Also, I'm afraid Lith is also wrong about the rest. I don't think we ever had the numbers for the first charge!' Vastor said, expending most of his mana for the Bastion and enduring the onslaught only thanks to one auxiliary head using Invigoration.
With the pain from Ra'ntar gone, the World Tree had regained their focus and the Chroniclers their full battle prowess. To make matters worse, with the Yggdrasill fragment taking over the Chroniclers' bodies, the elves had become more dangerous than perfect undead.
The Puppets felt no fear, no pain, and had no vitals or weak points. To make matters worse, since they all now shared the same energy signature, they had become immune to the World Tree's spells and each other's.
An eight-man unit of Wood Golem charged at Lith's group while they were still weathering the magical onslaught. Each one of them had conjured a Decay Bastion and that saved their lives.