Chapter 437: Arc 6, - 53: Slip Through the Thorns
As much as the thorns scraped or stabbed, it could not pierce the red metal plates of one man’s armour. Scratches and cuts marked the armour for sure, however with only his head at risk, Ben could cover his face and neck in time.
His gauntlets clanked before the vines could strike, "Ignitia!" a ball of scarlet flame burst as he clashed his wrists. The vines shrivelled and hissed as all moisture seared away, leaving charred and black ends.
His swords, gauntlets and caught on fire of scarlet hue, including the armour that formed a collar around his lower neck. "Clang!" He fell with both swords into the ground and one knee bent.
He stood up and flourished the twin swords in the direction of the briars that held everyone else up against the wall. "Flamethrower!" "FLWOOSH!"
Two scarlet-red torrents of flame streamed through the vines and burnt them by the limbs, dropping everyone onto the floor in an instant, while Ben noticed that the thorns had pierced their enchanted attire.
He looked down at his own armour and traced an armoured finger over the scratch marks. Ben faced the Briar Prince—raised one sword at the new god and the other he lifted onto his shoulder, "You’re pretty good, your magic’s crazy strong.
But I got the type advantage my guy, fire beats plant and by my calculations," he twisted his swords around, adding flames to roil around and catch onto them, "The Scorching Inferno’s got you beat," he said all in a voice much lower than usual.
"Hell yeah!" Clyde cheered while freeing his twin from the briars.
With a quick slash of her watery claws, Hotaru cut the thorns around her and dispelled it quickly, "Enough posing, we’re losing magic," she warned and helped Tiffany while Asobi freed herself with strokes of light.
"DFT! SHFFF! BUFF!"
Cubic chunks of the floor and walls sank into the stone, separating and swallowing each of them up into a little pocket of their own.
Ben and Clyde fell into pits, while Hotaru, Asobi and Colwyn were in spaces along the wall and Tiffany was shifted higher up through a gap in the ceiling. The briars shot up thorned vines to invade their spaces.