Chapter 61: Hidden Potential
"Oh you are going to eat your words emo boy" Lumera challenged.
A small orb of light shimmered on Lumera’s arm, crackling with untamed energy as she faced Devran across the courtroom. Her eyes flickered nervously..
"Performance anxiety?" Devran mocked. "How predictable."
"Fling it!" Scarlette barked from the sidelines, her excitement palpable.
Lumera hesitated.
Devran sneered, spinning one of his curved blades lazily between his fingers. "Double-minded already? Or do you need a sleeping spell to help you focus?"
"Don’t mock me!" Lumera shouted, her frustration snapping through the air as she hurled the ball of light at him.
Devran vaulted gracefully over the projectile, flipping through the air with the elegance of a show-off circus performer. The light ball smashed into a nearby pillar, detonating with a violent crack that sent debris flying onto my apple.
"Hey!" I shouted, my voice echoing in the blasted chamber. "You could have aimed literally anywhere else!"
But of course, they weren’t listening to me.
As the dust settled, I polished my poison apple on my tunic.
Devran whipped one of his blades toward Lumera with alarming speed.