Chapter 285: Rising Gales
Amarena made swift strikes, batting back Halie’s staff strikes that came through portals all around her.
She was at the point in her training that she’d learned to minimize her movements, dodging by the narrowest of margins as she used her maven speed in tiny bursts.
"Wrong," Halie said, without elaboration.
"Huh?" A moment later Amarena was smacked from behind the head. Halie had put her staff through a portal and then immediately into another portal so that it wound up behind Amarena.
"Be faster."
"Grr-agh! I am!" Rena’s wrathful response was met with a smack on the shins.
"You play with your power like you’re shooting arrows. Be thearrow."
"I... do not... play!" With a larger burst of her power, Rena put herself behind Halie, striking out with the dulled practice sword-
Smack!
Instead of hitting Halie, the tip of the sword wound up next to Amarena’s head, colliding with her horn. It was dull, which meant she mostly wound up dazing herself.
"We are done sparring for the day," Halie announced, frustration in her voice.