Chapter 695: [Gravidimension]
The rate at which Jornes has been shooting off [Ruin] has decreased. As I thought, she doesn’t have enough MP to spare while she's maintaining [Angel Mirror].
I already learnt how to deal with [Ruin] from fighting the slime, so she might have also judged that there was little point in shooting it at me haphazardly. At any rate, it’s certain that she’s now forced to pay close attention to her remaining MP.
Jornes’ stone body is very resilient, so it’s hard to damage her without taking damage myself. To make matters worse, even if I manage to get a good hit in, she’ll just return it with [Empath], forcing me to heal too. As a result, running away and waiting for her to exhaust herself with [Angel Mirror] is by far the superior option.
Thanks to my baby dragon strategy I’ve fortunately gained some distance. The rate of [Ruin] attacks is continuing to fall. I’ll do my best to run away until she’s gotten closer, then I'll use my skills to somehow break free again. It’s a dirty way of fighting, but there’s no way I can fight her [Angel Mirror] head on.
…I’m a little concerned by just how infrequent her [Ruins] have become. I know her MP is getting tight, but was it that bad? I thought for sure she’d use a [Magic Scale Magnification]-amplified [Ruin] to block my path, as I wouldn’t be able to just fly straight through it. I was desperately trying to think of a countermeasure, but it doesn’t seem like that’s what she’s working towards. Is she about to use some other skill?
Glancing backwards, I see a black magic circle deploying out of Jornes. That’s… Gravity magic!?
『[Gravidimension].』
Suddenly, black light races through my surroundings, and space begins to warp. There’s no other way for me to describe what is happening. The scale of it is too vast, and the activation too quick. My body is caught up in the twisting space, causing sharp pain to shoot through me.
I try to escape, but my body only moves forwards a tiny distance. My scales tear, and blood squeezes out of my body like a wrung towel.