Chapter 18: Elin in Battle
Elin was ready to do something, but she wasn't sure when she should make her move. She was determined to show the others, especially Kim, that she wasn't a burden. Someone that didn't need to be left to the side until the battle was over and then had a use. She had enough MP that she could use her magic to help attack as well as heal everyone afterwards.
She especially wanted to learn more about her skills and build all of them up if she could. She didn't know what the 'attribute' parts of her skills meant, just that she had only one spell that she could use to attack. So, even if they others didn't like it, she was going to help in the fight. Even if they decided to leave her behind.
Seeing the skeletons made her know she had to do more than just that. However, she didn't think she should do anything just then. Jonas would be able to react to her doing her own thing right now, but if she waited until the fight started, then she might be able to do something then.
Elin glanced at Elmo, who looked like he was trying to settle his nerves. Before the actual fight. She was confident that she had someone who would support her in this, though she wasn't sure how well he'd be able to do that. Just that he thought more of her than as a burden.
With how slowly the skeletons were moving, she couldn't help but feel like time itself was slowing down. That they should have already reached them and started attacking.
While she knew this was just in her mind, it was also making her itch to do something even more. She felt like she was starting to lose her mind with how long it was taking. She had to close her eyes and take deep breaths in order to keep from either casting a spell or running out to attack them with her staff right then.
When the skeletons started attacking, she wasn't aware of it at first, just that she heard odd sounds, so she opened her eyes. The skeletons moved so much faster than they had when they had been walking. Why that was, she couldn't say. Only that for every step they had taken, there were swinging their arms at Kim and Jonas at least ten times.
When she saw Jonas and Kim parry, block, and sometimes attack the skeletons, she was so impressed by their movements that she momentarily forgot to cast a spell. It wasn't until she heard Elmo casting a spell, that she realized she should use her magic.
"Magic Burst!" Elmo yelled.
However, with how fast the skeletons were moving, she was hesitant to just attack. She could help Kim and Jonas with some of her spells, right? She tried to remember what spells she had for that and blurted out the first one she thought of, "Minor Protection!"
Elin had first thought when she'd heard from the tutorial that this spell would affect only one person, she saw that it affected her whole team. She couldn't say how she knew this, only that she was somehow aware of who was being affected by it.