Chapter 188 (1/2)
Chapter 188
Chapter 188: Dragon Steps
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“You gotta do better than that, young general,” Buhnd grinned, wagging his finger
Infusing fire into the ales of wind I had in my palms, I prepared to try and hit the dwarven elder once e of wind orbs hailed down fronored Buhnd’s provocation and focused ed the orbs of wind until the ground beneathme immobile
One of the wind orbs nicked me in the shoulder, but it felt like I had been hit by a cannonball
I held back the need to curse and just gritted h the pain
That’s how you want to play
My initial reaction was to raise up a wall of earth or ice in hopes to block Cah these past few days, I’ve been constantly trying to think of better ways to combat certain situations
This oftenti to think ofinto account cost of mana and physical stamina
The orbs of wind felt almost solid, but it was actually a ind packed into a sphere Tossing outa solid wall in hopes to deter the wind spell, I enveloped ales of wind
Rather than trying to block the attack, I used auntlets to redirect the wind orbs As I expected, the clash of winds propelled Camus’ spheres in different directions
“You both are going to have to do better than that,” I sht, I shot round
“Interesting concept,” Ca above me in a swirl of wind
“That cockiness will be the death of you,” Buhnd added with an eager s towardaround hie Meanwhile, Camus kept his distance and prepared another spell
I expected another barrage of wind froht behind the dwarf, abruptly accelerating his charge so that his stone fist was in range before I could blink
Buhnd was fast but I still had tiht
When I tried to raise ain, the faed in a viscous liquid washed overBuhnd’sthe air pressure around me to slow me down
Before I could break out of his spell, iant stone fist
My vision flashed black for a split second and I found round with Buhnd’s stone-clad forh-pitched ringing in ears inabout the crevices that forround whenever Buhnd sparred Every time he was met with a physical attack, a crater formed beneath his feet as if a ht it was the force of the spells that caused the ground to cave below Buhnd but I kneasn’t as simple as that
“Try to block this!” Buhnd exclai a rock arm in the air The stone that made up the thick ar to life Buhnd’s stone-clad ariant hammer twice his size
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A rush of wind coated the hammer as it was about to drive down into me
If that hits me, I’m done for sure
The memories of the craters Buhnd had formed continued to flash inon the ground, I raised a hand directly in the path of the giant hamented my body but not in the protective way I normally did Instead, I envisioned a tunnel-like path of earthen mana both inside and outside of my body
I spotted a trace of hesitation on Buhnd’s face but there was no way for him to stop his attack now that it was just inches away fro to be in a lot of pain, I thought
The hammer struck my palm like a nail and I could feel my whole body protest Nor of an attack with just a hand, round below me took the force
I found myself in the epicenter of a crater the size of my room with my hand still stretched out My arm, shoulder, ribs and back felt sore, but I had succeeded
Buhnd, still wearing his armor of stone, looked down at me in disbelief until a smile crept up on his bearded face “You’re a bit scary, General”
I stifled a laugh, attee of pain rushed up
I lied It wasn’t just my a few parts of my body that felt sore, it was every fiber ofin sitting up
Buhnd dispersed his earthen armor and stuck out a burly hand “It hurts, doesn’t it?”
“Extre”
“Well, I have better control over that technique than you do, and I wouldn’t be stupid enough to try and divert the force of an attack that strong in the first place,” the dwarf replied He tried to straddle ing on the ground due to our differences in height
“Here, let round An updraft lifted me up to my feet as Camus dipped his head below my other arm
“I was just about to carry the boy like the princess he is” Buhnd gavenity”
“You took a risk, but I’ it orth it?” Cas
“For now, yes, but we’ll see howalongside the elf
My sister caaze laced with concern “Are you okay? I crater you justbehind lasses as she peered out at the sparring zone “Luckily the crater didn’t reach the disks underground”
“Thanks for your concern, Ellie,” I saze to ht, Alanis?”
Her eyes shi+fted into its inal colors “The shock disrupted your est you get some rest, General Arthur”
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“Good idea,” Buhnd agreed “I re the force diversion spell You’re lucky to have gotten aith just some soreness”
“Or skilled,” hed “Or skilled”
“Hester and Princess Kathyln are away visiting Prince Curtis at Lanceler Acade ine the eyes of those would-be knights glistening with shen they see the princess,” Eone with her”
My sister nodded wistfully “Me too I heard fro… and toned”
“Eleanor! You’re only twelve!” I sputtered
“Don’t ‘Eleanor’ me! I’uished upbringing of being the cherished sister of this continent’s youngest lance!” she la away a nonexistent tear
Ehter while even Alanis looked amused as I stared at my sister
“Don’t be so overprotective! I had e,” Buhnd snorted