Chapter 55: Fire-Cracking Lizards (2)
"Kaya, trap them. Hold them down," Caius called out.
Kaya barely gave a nod of acknowledgment but she had heard him. She was in a spell-casting pose and, thrusting her arms forward, she summoned a green spell circle teeming with the life and energy of nature before it conjured vines that created a netted wall to stop the ten or so Lizards that were about to get too close for comfort.
The Lizards hissed and the sounds only hit louder pitches when Kaya changed her netted wall of vines from a vertical position to a horizontal one, holding all the Lizards against the ground and restricting their movement.
"Well done," Caius said. But just then, the Lizards began to glow as they primed for an explosion.
*BOOMMM!!!*
In a flash of light followed by smoke and the smell of burning vines, most of the Lizards were free and skittered all about.
"Sorry," Kaya said sounding frustrated.
"It’s fine," Caius said, "You got one. That’s enough."
Indeed, although most of the Lizards had escaped, one remained tangled in vines and was already getting primed for another blast that would surely free it.
"Water!" Caius called out.
Although he had a high affinity with all the basic elements, the truth was he had only been taught Wind, Lightning, and Fire spells and this was because they were his Parents’ (most especially his Father’s) Affinities. Plus, all the spells he knew in those three elements were mobility, attacking, and burst damage spells. Just the exact types a Mage-Knight known for charging head-on into battle would bother to be proficient in.