Chapter 70: A familiar move
~Hellsong Dash~ was the Third Circle spell Caius had learned from his father two days ago. While it looked like it simply granted explosive propulsion, the reality was that it kept it stable just as well.
The focus of the spell was on the ankles but Caius could feel its warmth spread all over his body. His brain was carried along so well that he didn’t seem to just be charging ahead with no possibility for direction.
When he got to the other side of the platform of icy spikes he just broke through, it began to melt behind him but Caius couldn’t care less as he went charging at Baler, leaving behind a faint trail of red.
The class cheered.
Baler recoiled but recovered to form different seals and create another spell circle that he thrust forward, unleashing a lance of ice. The tip was massive and getting struck with it could probably knock one’s head off their shoulders as Caius was sure Baler was hoping would happen to him.
Fortunately, as fast as the lance toss was, he was still faster and managed to dodge it, keeping his trajectory. Or so he thought.
The moment the lance missed, Baler clenched one of his hands into a fist and pulled back. Snowflakes appeared along the lance’s stem and he gained control of it, pulling it out of its current path and turning it around so it went flying at Caius, somehow moving even faster now and catching up to Caius before he could reach his target.
Caius’ eyes widened but rather than sidestep and dodge the lance again, he spun and wrapped a hand around it. The chill was body-numbing and went so deep inside his body it started to impact his body functions but ~Hellsong Dash~ was still active. Its warmth allowed him to shake off the chill and retain his clarity so he could toss the lance at Baler’s just as fast as it had traveled to strike him.
Baler’s eyes were serious but unbothered by their attack. He had a seal formed and unleashed it in a massive icy blue spell circle that received the lance and absorbed it to repurpose it as multiple spikes that he sent flying.