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"No, Siegfried You know that&8221; She shook her head All her spells werespells, but they were purely Light-Aspected
Jasper had a selection of targeted Light Spells that carried heat, but al With him out of commission, they didn’t have anyone that could dotechniques should be able to displace the ice te down With the path already open, at least myself and one other should be able to flee orhis hand I white spear appeared, one he pointed towards their targets in the distance
"Alright Mika, Tillow, Bulli &8211; you three are on support at the rear Jasper stay down and keep recovering Be ready to help pull us out if need be Gerulf and I will continue forward alone&8221; His orders rang out with confidence and speed as he began to run forward, stopping just outside of the entrance to the waterfall
"Gerulf, keep me covered! I’ll lead us in!&8221;
"Hup! Hup! Hup!&8221; Dorian grunted as he deflected steel javelin after steel javelin, his hands starting to burn He split his concentration between that and throwing his dragonfire up to secure Arial’s progress
"Arrgh&8221; He wheezed, a s as he tried to focus on so s at once It wasn’t easy, especially considering the different ways he needed to siy in his soul for each technique Still, it was soy and his will he had practiced in thatin handy
"I’ out as she infor to share down the frozen pathway He couldthen, one of the strea carefully, unable to sprint forward quickly in the cranetic Manipulation&8221;
Dorian’s hands wavered as he tried a different ained frole
Immediately, Dorian felt a sense of control spread around hinetic properties of the pieces of steel that were hurtling through the air towards him
Dorian fixed his eyes on these javelins
"Push!&8221;
VRRRRrrrrr
The shooting steel projectilesnoise as they veered fro into the frozen ice off to the side The javelins pierced through the Gworen Ice, losing theical waterfall that was still ainst the his Ability to redirect the force of the javelin caused an equal arinned
"Nice&8221; He netic Manipulation could onlyfashion However, as long as he leaned to the right or left and pushed off at an angle, it wasmissiles
It saved his hands from further injury and made it much easier to handle the attacks
"We’re in!&8221; Arial’s voice echoed in Dorian’s ears as she dashed forward, ju Ice Waterfall
WHOOSH
Dorian knocked twoArial, his chest heaving fro his Emerald Fla his Basic Magnetic Manipulation to avoid their attackers was incredibly draining
"Haah!&8221; The sword ht that Arial wielded transfor light sla up steam as it caused the path to partially break apart
THUD
CREEEAK
The last 20 or so of the ice pathway collapsed, the frozen water returning to its disturbed state
The Shades that were chasing them stuhly two-thirds of the way across, out of range of the collapsing front section
The rest of the ice pathway held up, rity With the work Dorian had put into keeping it stable, it would probably last for at least a couple more minutes
However, with the last section of the pathway already blocked off… the Shades were out of luck
A pair of steel javelins flashed out at the lastinto the roonetic Manipulation Ability again, causing the hi to one knee as he caught his breath and looked around
They’d e, mostly erey stone pillars supported a ceiling far overhead, covered in, unsurprisingly, ice The floor seee, covered in the sae chunks of the everpresent frozen ice coated large tracts of the floor
At the center of this roo red portal The surface of this portal was cal it appear al energy of the world around Dorian seemed to be centered directly on this portal, one that silently radiated with otherworldly power
"The Red Portal&8221; Arial’s voice was filled with relief as she looked at it She then s to look at Dorian The whip in her hand transforht forhter and brighter, as if activating They walked towards the center
"Excellent! Let’s get out of he-&8221;
"GRRRAAAAAAWWWWRRRRRRRRRR!&8221;
Before Arial could finish speaking, a guttural, powerful roar shook the air, causing both of theony This roar contained a ht and awe
A roar that was i Class Aura