Chapter 160: Elmo Vs. Elmo
A roaring flame shot out about Elmo, leaving a strong smell of brimstone in the air as he fell to the floor, hoping that it would give him enough time to launch out his own spell. So far he'd only been able to get that one off.
The only light he had to see the doppelganger at the moment was one of the walls that was burning a little from one of the previous Brimstone Fire spells it had sent his way. Elmo's lamp had long gone out, from the first time he'd barely dodged a Brimstone Fire spell from the doppelganger. Which meant that Elmo couldn't be sure what would happen if the fire on the wall burned itself out. He couldn't be sure that the doppelganger couldn't see in pitch darkness. He only knew that he himself couldn't.
Maybe he should have done what the doppelganger is doing now, launching out spell after spell, not allowing him a chance to react. Regardless of anything else, it was tiring trying to dodge all of the attacks, most of which he was sure he'd failed to do, given how hurt his body was at the moment.
However, one spell he hadn't seen used so far was the one he had been the most worried about: Absorb. He wasn't sure why the doppelganger hadn't used it, but he was confident that the doppelganger knew all of his spells and could use them freely. Although, if it was restricted by MP, it wasn't showing at the moment.
"Dark Impact!" Elmo cried as his body hit the ground and immediately rolled to the side, where another ice spear struck a second later. His thoughts were where he'd last seen the doppelganger, hoping that it hadn't moved from where it had last been and he'd hit it.
The constant stream of spells stopped and Elmo scrambled to his feet. The fight hadn't gone on for even a minute yet and he was already out of breath. His mind was struggling to keep up with the pace of the battle, not so much trying to keep one step ahead, but rather trying to keep up with his opponent so he didn't get buried in the onslaught of spells being thrown at him.
The Dark Impact spell gave him a moment of time to collect his bearings again before the doppelganger recovered from the spell. Although, as he thought about it, the doppelganger hadn't used Dark Impact on him either. He couldn't help but wonder if there was some significance to that fact or if he might just be overthinking things.
It could be that the doppelganger didn't consider Dark Impact or Absorb to be very useful in combat, or maybe that the doppelganger couldn't use them. Regardless of if it was one of those reasons or another one altogether, Elmo forced himself to focus again on the task at hand. If he allowed himself to get distracted, then he was likely to find himself in the same position he was in a moment ago. Only this time, he might not get out of it alive.
"Brimstone fire!" Elmo cried, hoping that he wasn't going to do what the catapults were originally supposed to do before he'd destroyed them under Jonas' direction.