"Where did she go?!" Emily exclaid to herself. Her heart skipped a beat as she thought of a scary possibility.
However, she quickly cald herself down. If by the unlikely chance that Layla was burnt away by her fire. She would definitely have resisted visibly first. Not to ntion that Muku wouldn't have just looked on as it happened. Her attack wasn't strong enough to kill soone of equal strength like Layla, so there would have been enough ti for Muku to act.
With that realisation, Emily imdiately turned around to look behind her. She was expecting Layla to be there by so weird ans she employed like in the movies.
However, she was t with nothing. She then tried looking around the arena and still nothing. Layla was still nowhere to be seen. Emily started getting more and more tense.
"Fla Do!" As a last resort, Emily cast a defensive spell that covered her from all angles.
Whatever trick Layla was employing would be useless that way. Now, all she had to do was wait until Layla made her move. With the do, she had ti to react no matter which direction Layla attacked from. The flas were close enough for her to see through, so she was set.
"Are you going to keep hiding until we're kicked out of the arena? I thought you wanted this! Why aren't you showing yourself now?! You coward!" Emily started shouting out trying to taunt Layla into coming out. She couldn't take the suspense anymore.
Her mind wasn't even working properly anymore. Doubt was starting to creep in about whether she had actually killed Layla by accident. Maybe they both made so weird mistakes that ended in Layla's death.
"No, no. That can't possibly be it. There has to be sothing I'm missing. Why do my feet feel cold?... Wait...No!"
Freeze!
(A/N: I tried to think, I tried to search for it. I just couldn't find what sound effect represents soone getting instantly frozen -_-)
Emily was about to break down when she suddenly felt her legs getting colder and colder. She instantly realised what was going on. Layla had sohow hidden in her shadow during the ti she attacked her with the fla sphere.
However, before she could look down to confirm. She was already frozen completely. If she could look down, she would have seen both of Layla's hands coming out of her own shadow and grabbing her legs.
It seed that, while Layla couldn't attack while completely inside the Shadow Realm. She could attack as long as the body part she's attacking with is outside and in contact with the target.
Emily didn't see it coming. Layla being able to use the Shadow Elent had completely slipped her mind. Which was not entirely her fault. She was aware of it when they first started fighting.
However, as there battle continued, there were many things to think about. Due to this, she forgot about it. Layla was also consciously trying to make her forget about it with how she fought. There were tis she could have used it, but chose not to.
Emily even had the feeling that she was forgetting sothing important throughout the battle. She just couldn't rember what it was. Which was sothing most people have gone through at so point in their lives.
Especially in situations like her current one, where she had to be constantly on her toes. She didn't have ti to take a step back and properly think.
Which she paid for, unfortunately. She was locked in ice before she could do anything. On the bright side, she won't ever forget Layla's ice ability from that day onwards.
"Firstly, I'm not a coward. It's called a strategy. Secondly, it's because I wanted this that I thought of a winning strategy without going all out. Which is why I won, and you lost," Layla spoke calmly while coming out of Emily's shadow.
The fla do had been dispelled the mont Emily was trapped in ice. From the look of things. It was definitely Layla's win without a doubt.
BOOOM!
"No! You haven't won! Exploding Fla Spear! Huh?!" Emily, who had thought she had played along well enough to successfully ambush Layla, was surprised.
Just as her attack was about to strike Layla. The black-haired Ice Elent Evolver dissolved in front of Emily's eyes. She wasn't too surprised by the visual effects since she had seen how Layla entered the Shadow Realm before. What surprised her was the fact that Layla shouldn't have been able to do that with the shadows to enter.
She was even more surprised when she noticed that the whole ground around her was shaded darker due to the shadows on it.
"Look up..." Layla's voice sounded in Emily's right ear from just beside her.
"Ahh!"
Which obviously startled her into jumping away. Then she did what Layla asked her to do after taking a defensive position. Which was looking up. The mont she did, all her fighting spirit left her body.
"How do you like my Sky Stalactite spell?" Layla asked her without moving from her position. There was even a hint of taunting in her voice. She was clearly enjoying the situation.
"I told you that I've won" She continued without waiting for Emily to reply to the obviously rhetorical question.
"I thought we agreed not to use our best spells?" Emily asked with a defeatedly low voice.
How could she not be defeated when the sky above her was covered by an unknown number of huge pointy ice cones around half the size of the fire sphere she used before.
The damn things were covering every inch of space in the arena. No matter where she tried to run to, they would be there. If she tried to mount a defence. It might work for a few of them but she would eventually be overwheld and squashed. There was really no way out for her without getting out of the arena. Which would be her loss since that was against the rules.
Well, she did have another plan. Unfortunately, she was nowhere near as agile as she would need to be to actually carry it out. Only people like Jade, Emily, Audrey and Muku would be able to because of their physical prowess. Not to ntion that even they would need so luck to do it.
The plan was to jump up and et the attacks midway. Then, use your abilities to jump in between them until they are below you. Which would be really cool if done, but she couldn't.
There was also the option to create her strongest-ever defence and ward off the attacks. However, using flas to defend against such large solid objects from above was no different from seeking death. People like Muku and Audrey could maybe do it with their elents that also have solid states, but she couldn't.
"That's not one of my best attacks though. Otherwise, they would have been black instead. I'm sure you know the difference between the two..." Layla defended herself in a relaxed manner.
It was clear to everyone present that the fight was over even though Emily hadn't admitted defeat yet. So, talking wasn't a problem.
"I know that... But it seems a little excessive don't you think? It seems to blur the lines a bit if you ask . Just because you have crazier attacks doesn't make that any less crazy, you know," Emily persisted in her stance. She was secretly hoping to reason Layla into agreeing that it was a draw since she went too far.
While she didn't mind losing too much. Anyone would choose a draw of a loss if there's a chance for it. She was definitely not being a sore loser...
"Look behind you hypocrite" Layla didn't try to argue. She only told Emily to look behind her while pointing at sothing there after an eye roll.
"Hhm? Oh... Yeah, I totally deserve that" Emily did as told and she imdiately understood what Layla ant.
At so distance behind her was the huge crater, she had made with her fla sphere. She might have nerfed it by not adding the "explode-upon-impact" attribute. However, it was still devastating and pushing it a bit. Which was obvious from the damage it did.
"You almost had there if I wasn't lucky" Layla decided to add a few words so that Emily really understood the situation and wouldn't argue about the ending anymore.
"Fine, I get it. It's your win. I give up. However, how did you make it from there to my shadow though? I know for certain you had not activated those things in the sky yet" Emily finally admitted defeat which brought an official conclusion to the duel. Of course, she asked the question that had been bothering her since the event happened. How did Layla do what she did?
"Oh, that, it's simple, really. Of course, like I said before there was an elent of luck involved as well. Just when your sphere was about to hit . I escaped into the Shadow Realm. I created an ice arrow, which was given a sufficient shadow by your attack's light. Then shot it towards you as I entered the shadow. It was a risky move since the arrow didn't survive long under such intense heat. However, it survived long enough for to jump into your shadow before fading into nothingness" Layla explained how she did what she did since she had already won.
There was no need to keep such things from her comrades after all. Maybe one day Emily would be faced with such a case while fighting an enemy. The information would be quite useful then, preventing her from suffering any unnecessary losses.
"What would have happened if it had lted away before you reached though?!" Emily asked feeling horrified.
She felt that Layla was way too reckless. Especially for such a petty match...
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