6-99. Mass Times Acceleration
Sadie watched in horror as Elijah, in his flight form, dove. There was a glint of metal right before he became a bolt of lightning. An instant later, everything went dark. Sadie’s mind went blank until, only a moment later, she found herself flying through the air. She hit something a second later, and with enough force that she felt a few bones break. Given her Constitution, that was a little troubling.
She forced her eyes open, blinked, then saw a scene of burning destruction. A wall of fire stood for only a moment before winking out. Vaguely, she noticed the two-headed imp that was Benedict’s minion collapse in exhaustion. It dissipated into flakes of ash only a second later.
But most of her attention was locked on the scene all around her. The walls of the throne room were cracked and broken, and the ceiling was entirely gone. In the center, where the throne itself had once stood, there was only a crater. Two figures stirred at its nadir.
All around, people groaned in pain, but a quick inspection told Sadie that none of them were dead. And she didn’t need long to reason out what had happened. Elijah’s dive had come with significant kinetic energy. After all, that form weighed close to a thousand pounds, and he’d hit the ground at the speed of lightning. She was no expert, but something like that had to produce an impact rivaling a tactical nuclear warhead. A small one, to be sure, but far exceeding a normal bomb.
There were only two reasons they hadn’t all died. First, everyone there possessed a Constitution attribute – either via their own allocation or from the various buffs active – that put them on a superhuman level. Second, that wall of fire had clearly cut some of that force of impact. The combination meant that everyone had survived, though not without injuries.
Fortunately, Ron had recovered enough that, even when he couldn’t muster the strength to regain his feet, he was already casting heals. The man was an example of true dedication, and one everyone else could only hope to emulate.
As the dust settled, the group stirred.
Dat pushed himself to all fours, shaking his head as Sadie regained her feet. Somehow, she’d maintained her grip on her sword’s hilt, but much of her armor had been ripped away. It wasn’t a huge loss, she knew. The makeshift set barely offered any protection. However, the lack of weight left her uneasy. She shoved those thoughts into the back of her mind as she embraced her latest spell:
| Wave of Light
| Pulse with a powerful wave of healing that affects all allies in your immediate vicinity. Effective radius based on Ethera attribute. Current: 19 feet. Cooldown: 60 minutes.
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