Chapter 22: Abduction (4/4)
[ Target is preparing a spell, Beware ]
Alister observed the warning with a grin on his face. His eyes lingered on the movement of Nervered who was preparing a spell, taking in every motion.
"This is bad, hero!"
The soldiers began to panic and even tried to warn Alister to back away from Nervered. But Alister was adamant. He remained unfazed, his eyes locked on the cultist.
His confident reaction in the face of danger made the cultist chuckle admirably.
A few seconds passed and Nervered finished preparing his spell. A mesmerizing glowing magic circle appeared in his outstretched right hand. The magic circle materialized into a wisp of blue fire right under their gaze and in the next moment it shot towards their position at an astonishing speed.
The soldiers panicked right away. The fireball was too fast for them to evade at such a close distance, and even if they did manage to dodge it, it would only strike the royal tent and hurt the king. They involuntarily froze on the spot.
"Too slow!"
Alister muttered as he launched towards the fireball. Under his enhanced perception, the fireball was only as fast as a golf ball thrown by a strong athlete and thus it didn't take that much effort to deflect it with a single, precise swing.
The sound of the sword hitting and dispersing the fireball vibrated across the encampment, shocking both parties.
"What?"