Chapter 45: Face Off 2
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Thunder cracked across the sky, its voice lost amid the roar of magic and steel. The forest battlefield had been reduced to an elemental cauldron, a blur of light and shadow as the two elite factions clashed with all they had.
Lucielle spun inward, twin blades flashing with charged wind as she ducked under Nyx’s void-laced strike. Sparks rained where steel kissed shadow. Nyx retaliated with a sweeping arc of blackened magic, forcing Lucielle to vault backward into a twisting flip that landed her beside Liora.
"She’s adapting too fast," Lucielle muttered.
Liora didn’t answer. Her hands blazed with glyphs, her focus absolute. Two runes of hard light snapped into place beneath Nyx’s feet, but the void mage jumped moments before they activated. The runes detonated harmlessly.
"She’s not just fast," Liora said grimly. "She’s learning."
From the far side, Rin had rejoined Rayne, the pair moving like mirror storms. Layla and Seraphina cut between them—ice and arrows pairing against wind and water.
Seraphina rolled into a kneel, releasing an arrow laced with disorienting sound. It rang like a bell upon release, the mana thrum rattling through the mist. Rin caught it with a crescent of water, but Layla seized the moment.
She darted forward, her sabers trailing arcs of freezing light, and slashed at his flank. Rin twisted to block, but her follow-up strike pierced his shoulder.
Rayne intervened, his glaive slamming between them with explosive force. Layla was knocked back, skidding across the mud.