Chapter 17: The Anomaly
Yoo-Na’s speed was supernatural. She wasn’t running. She moved like a reflection in a mirror, from one point to another in an instant, leaving a trail of frost behind her. It was as if light itself bent around her.
Her icy hand was about to strike my heart.
But my senses, sharpened by the new energy within me, reacted faster than my thoughts.
I didn’t try to block. I did the only thing I could. I threw my body backward at an impossible angle. Her hand grazed my chest, the cold biting my skin through my shirt.
I rolled on the floor and immediately got back on my feet.
She was already on the other side of the room, looking at me, surprised that I had been able to dodge.
"Not bad, for an insect," she hissed.
She disappeared again. I sensed her on my left. I pivoted, my dagger ready. She wasn’t there. It was a feint.
She appeared on my right, a massive spear of ice already formed in her hand.
I adapted. My body moved on its own, anticipating her movements. It was no longer a fight; it was a deadly dance. She was the light. I was the shadow that followed her.
She realized she couldn’t touch me easily. So she decided to end it all at once.
She stopped in the center of the Pit. Her entire Aura, a terrifying amount of energy, concentrated in the palm of her hand, forming a sphere of cold, white light that crackled and lit up the entire room.