If this ghost couldn't shadow walk as I could, the fight would be easier, but since he had that ability, I had problems with gaining any distance. I had my hands full with just parrying the attacks.
I tried to use the barriers to gain so advantage, squeezing putting a few of them in tight windows. I then did my best to avoid that place, before I build up so kind of small maze there. When It was ready I finally stepped inside. He was swinging widely, and heavily, so his blade crushed in so of my walls, breaking them into pieces.
They shattered easily, but what I needed was just a small window, and I got myself one. Just enough for one single thrust. I put all my might and technique into that, and the blade hit the target but slid off the skin like it was made out of diamonds.
I imdiately moved my body, trying to shadow walk the hell out of there and dodge at the sa ti, but his sword caught , slightly, but still. The skin on my left hand got cleanly peeled off with a very slight part of muscle tissue.
- ARGH! - escaped my mouth, as I pointed the pudao at him, sending a building side fireball.
The explosion was imnse, sending flying even at the distance I was standing. The ground shook, and my eardrums just poped.
He shadow walked from the explosion, erging midair with another swing, which I blocked, letting his blade slide out of mine, and hit the ground with a heavy impact, just as my eardrums healed, itching annoyingly.
His clothes were leaving traces of actual smoke, as they probably caught a fire, which then died during the short travel throughout the void.
I gained so distance, which was imdiately reduced to nothing. All I could do was to think in a rush, and do my best to parry.
I quickly connected the dots. The fire was definitely working and it was also my strongest magic, so if I went on it strongly enough, I should deliver at least so damage, but for that I needed ti. Casting such as pell wasn't instantaneous. The thing was, I hardly could do that. There was no way of getting any distance, which ant I had to blast him from a short one, and that was not only impossible but also dangerous. I could heavily damage myself, or even die from my own attack.
I started by summoning shadows in numbers. They couldn't do shit to the ghosts but were just bodies to make space for . I made them crawl out from every dark space around us, and just throw themselves at him. Hundreds were dying with his every swing, and he still kept rushing after , but at least I had ti to gather that much of the energy.
I drained every last drop of mana I could from my pool and started casting a spell. The ghost noticed, and scread again, then increased his speed. It took few seconds since we both were abusing shadow walk, but he caught up to , and I couldn't do anything but release the magic.
The spell was incomplete, and so of the mana just got wasted, but a ray of blinding white energy fell from the sky above us both, catching my extended hands, and enveloping him completely. I imdiately went blind, and all I could feel was imnse pain in my hands.
Without wasting any ti I activated 'Eyes of the void', and then I felt he was gone. I fell on my back shortly after and slid on the ground painfully because of the speed and rough terrain. I git few larger pieces of rubble and ripped off pieces of tal.
- You are insane - I heard in my head.
It was The Great One, obviously.
- You should have returned to your anchor in Loistavadvaar, and not do sothing this risky - he continued.
- But I won - I said, enduring the pain.
It was terrible. So bad that I couldn't feel my whole arms, even when they were burned out just by the elbows. I could feel my own exposed bones thanks to the skill, probably blackened by the heat. But that wasn't everything. Most of my clothes were damaged, the pudao got destroyed, and my face was terribly burnt, just like the rest of my torso.
Still, the pain in my arms was the worst. I used all healing magic, but it was barely enough to deal with the skin. Even my resistance was not enough to protect .
It took a mont to stand up. I was grunting and panting heavily. The air was still hot, but I slowly stumbled forward and approached the hole. It was around three ters in diater, and deep enough that I couldn't feel the bottom. Then I summoned shadows. Dozens of them, to go in there and pick up my trophy.
I kept summoning them, until they piled up on each other, and got my crystal outside. Then I touched it with my leg and moved to the vault.
- Take back. I need healing - I said, and almost imdiately felt the change in the air.
I was back in the Loistavadvaar, next to the device. I hugged it and healed myself for 51 000 points, then I felt on my ass, laughing that sohow I managed to survive.
- It was a very stupid move, Peter - the voice again appeared in my head. - You should have escaped.
- I know I'm sorry.
- Next ti don't risk your life. Although we are on the clock, your death would be a setback - those words didn't just appear in my mind, I heard them.
This made look at the way they ca from. The Great One was slowly walking towards from afar, with his long fingers braided together on his waist.. He looked quite sad in the silver light shining upon the city, even considering his alien appearance.
Reviews
All reviews (0)