Unbound

Puppet soldiers plummeted, and Siva was right after them, her long form turning to grasp at the earth, only to have it break beneath her many-fingered grasp. They were silent, but she cried out in frustration.

Felix bared his teeth as he fell, too, and the massive cavern beneath Levantier opened up all around them. The walls were solidified Mana, a clouded, corrupted orange crystal, its facets reflecting the light from the sky above. There was little else to see as they tumbled into blinding vapor and thin air.

How Useless. Siva spread huge, bat-like wings and flapped them hard, lifting from the swirling Mana.

Adamant Discord!

Felix blasted downward on a bolt of lightning, slamming into her back and flaring his Skill for all it was worth.

You’re Desperate, Indeed! Siva cried, twisting to face him as lightning burnt away her clutching limbs. You’ve Killed All These Poor Soldiers.

Siva slashed, grasped, and strangled Felix by turns, stymied only momentarily as the lightning charred her bones, and his talons slashed them apart. His claws sliced through pale limbs by the dozen, but they always reformed.

What Will Become Of You, I Wonder?

With a terrible crash, they hit the surface of a vast lake.