From Shattered Prodigy to Abyssal Vengeance

round the hilt of his sword. The blade

cking. He wouldn't meet her eyes. "Just apologize

had once loved. A harsh, u

pat, the words tasting like ash in her m

pride was his weakest point, and she had just driven a knife right

ce drifted over. "Leander, dragging this out onl

eyes shut. He sucke

he enchanted blade in his hand erupted

swu

he lightning seared through her flesh, violently snappi

was apo

ed in her own ears. She let out a choked grunt and collapse

e fabric of her uniform. It dripped down her

eeth together. He sw

. Every strike severed a major pathway. The lightning cauterized the ed

agdoll. Her chest heaved with shallow, erratic breaths. But her eyes were wi

away, their stomachs turning at the sheer brutalit

looked down at his blood-splat

heathe his weapo

le of compressed Light magic formed at her fingertip, perfectly camouflaged by the residual glare o

red violently, sending a spike of

e had left, Elara threw her weight to the side

past her heart and slam

less nature of the magic leaving no visible residue. The kinetic fo

t looked as though Elara's own battered body had simply given out under the agonizing strain of h

her body was hanging over the edge of the Stairway of Pe

forward, pretending t

nder the chaotic flurry of his wide robes and the sudden burst of a bright, blinding green diagnostic spell he cast to ma

athed, his voice

, a guard shoved Vance hard in t

icked his wrist dismi

ey lowered their long halberds, pressing the c

sho

nged forward to grab her, but his fingers only

backward in

ne steps, her body bouncing vio

Hall slammed shut above her, plunging

e stared at the bloody scrap of fabric in his hand. His ches

tle hand over his. She pulled the fabric from his grip

. She bit her tongue to stay awake, forcing the cha

d down and closed around

atred burned brigh