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"Babysitting your new Architect?" he taunts Roshan

"Don’t be so jealous," Roshan says He uncrosses his ares at Trelows around his h tohis life bar by 15 percent The three of us maneuver down into a valley of snow-covered stone, then weave up to avoid a sharp outcropping of rock I veer sharply out of the way as Roshan continues to fight with Tremaine--but Tremaine veers with me, determined to knock h ainst a cliff

The analyst is talking so fast now that he can barely catch his breath "And the Dehter after Emika! Roshan co--she avoids it! Barely! It’s as if she knows this terrain! Roshan shows us why he’s one of the best Shields in the ga their Architect fall, folks, not if he can help it!"

Power-ups zip past us I eye thelowing bright yellow and hurtling near hty swerve toward it My hand reaches out I barely ht away The world around ing; the iceshadows across the glaciers The cliffs of blue ice lining our path take on a darker, more ominous color, and the frozen beasts inside them start to look alive From the corner of my vision, they seem to stir It takesIf this keeps up, we are going to need so for Ren Asher has handed off our Artifact to Hammie, who zips ahead of us all Now Asher and Ren team up as they swerve toward Jena, who is sandwiched on both sides by Tre for our first shon between the captains!" the announcer shouts

Jena sees Asher’s move She ducks low on her hoverboard and dives Her teammates dive with her They turound--and then suddenly pull up, so that they’re skilacier Asher and Ren dive down, too Pluher, trying to protectsnow Ahead of h to veer herself off to the right Her movements are so quick that I can barely keep track of her She snags another power-up, a bright blue one, and then does a dizzying spin on her board to grab a third She’s inching her way over to Tremaine

I look back down at the crew skih formations between here and the horizon for ht Tre I point round

"Emi," Asher says into my secure comms "Archway ahead Blow it up"

"Got it"

"Ren and I will veer off at the last second, go around behind Jena When she and her team try to avoid the rubble in front of them, we’ll catch theh I know Asher can’t see me "I’ll knock it out before they can say--"

My words die as an enor our path

It looks like a prehistoric polar bear, except as tall as a skyscraper--and its jaws are open wide, revealing a row of sharp teeth, each one as long as the nearest towering ice structure Its eyes glow scarlet It lets out an earthshaking roar, then lunges toward the closest player

The closest player is o into autodrive I slaas At the same time, I swivel rees My board shoots me back in the direction I came The bear’s mouth yawns on either side of me--its jaws start to close Just a little farther I shoot out of the beast’sblast of wind sendsforward The bear’s front paws land heavily, shaking the world