The spiritual chain had been cast and the balck fireball came hurling towards Quinn.
The speed was fast as well like a cannonball.
Quinn braced himself, but he didn’t move and allowed it to hit his body. As soon as it made an impact across his stomach, the ball split up, and chains made of fire started to wrap around him. Not just one but several, around his body, around his arms and they all then attached themselves to the floor. Everything happened in almost an instant as soon as the ball hit.
While a part of the chains were wrapped around Quinn, the other ends wherein a circle shape attached to the floor.
Quinn tried to use half of his strength at first to move, he thought it would be enough and didn’t want to upset Layla if it was weak. But it seemed impossible for him to move, he then tried using his full strength, and this time he could move slightly, but the chains still seemed to hold. A few seconds later, and they had disappeared entirely, and he could now move again.
"Well!" Layla said with an excited look on her face. She was happy with her success and how with relative ease, she was able to perform the skill on her first try.
"It’s strong," Quinn replied. "Really strong. I used my full strength, and I still couldn’t break free."
The boys were surprised as well at what Quinn had said, he didn’t have his gauntlets on, but his regular strength was still plenty strong.
"It’s a shame about the duration. It seemed to only last a second and a half." Vorden said. "But still, in a fight between life and death, that’s all it can take sometimes."
"Yes," Logan replied. "But remember the text also said that it would depend on one’s mental state at the time as well as the user’s mental state."
Logan started to think about the tears he had seen before she had performed the skill. Perhaps this had something to do with its power but decide to remain silent for now.
Layla had a huge grin on her face, and suddenly she was pleased, her first skill was this powerful, and she didn’t even have an ability yet. She could definitely be helpful to the others now, and there was room to grow even stronger.
"Come on." She said in a cheery voice. "Let’s try the next one."
She quickly wiped away the tears from her face and tried to visualize the same thing again. She closed her eyes but oddly enough, something was wrong. The energy from before that she could feel was no longer there.
’is that all the magical ability I have, only enough for one skill?’
After standing around for a while, the others realized something must have been up as well.
"I don’t understand." She said. "I did the same thing as last time."
Looking at Layla, Vorden seemed to have figured out the one difference compared to before to know.
"Correct me if I’m wrong, but Layla, are you happy right now?" Vorden asked.
At first, Layla didn’t understand, so what if she was happy, shouldn’t she be, but then she soon released from reading the text. Her powers were affected by how she was feeling at the time, and positive emotions weren’t a part of the description.
"What is this crap, so are they saying I can only use my powers if I’m upset!" She shouted.
"That’s it, Layla." Vorden cheered. "Come on, keep getting angry, Quinn say something to her."
"I don’t think this is a good idea," Quinn replied, stepping back. "Maybe her horns will start to grow bigger or something."
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