Slashes landed across the root, cutting more away, but the root connecting the Ora to the Elder tree had not been severed yet.

The Ova prioritized the root-connection for healing, and it could heal the damage before anymore could be done.

Having landed no attacks of its own, the Ova lashed out with its spine claws, yet it wasn't a normal attack as each of them had a slender vine curled around them.