The red eye of the Balor emitted a pillar of fire that neutralized the attack of the second hammer and burned Solus' hand.
She used darkness fusion to ignore the pain but her charred fingers lost the grip on the Fury that fell down. A split second later, four more eyes shot their respective elemental beams in unison, leaving her no way out.
Solus attempted to Blink out of reflex, but nothing happened due to Stargazer's Distortion Field array. She cursed her bad luck, focusing whatever energy the Voidwalker armor had left into the Spirit barrier.
She intercepted the ice pillar with the second Fury, neutralizing the cold thanks to the fire element channeled by the elemental crystals of the hammer and avoiding putting further strain on her already weakened mana core.
At the same time, Solus dodged the slower darkness and earth pillars, and tanked only a burst of lightning that was too fast to avoid from so up close.
The barrier shattered and the violet crystals of the Voidwalker turned dull having exhausted their energy but at least she hadn't taken any more damage. Every spell she cast bled her mana core faster while every wound she suffered brought her life force closer to shattering.
'Thank the gods Light Mastery is a discipline as hard as it is uncommon. I don't think I could have dodged a light pillar as well.' Solus was about to sigh in relief, her eyes focused on the opponent to anticipate a riposte or a spell from body casting, when she noticed that the barbarian's lips were curled up in a smirk.
Solus' eyes went wide as she suddenly remembered one of the favorite tactics of all dimensional mages. Knightfall had surrounded her with dimensional openings to make any attempt to dodge a waste of time and energy.
The moment the elemental pillars had missed their target, the cursed shield had arranged the dimensional field in order to intercept and redirect them at Solus in a seamless attack.
When the earth and darkness pillar entered Full Guard's area of effect it was too late. Stargazer conjured a frost wave with body cast while lunging at Solus with the blade of her weapon.
Solus gritted her teeth and put all of her strength into a counterattack aimed at the scythe's blade, hoping that the pain would make the cursed object lose focus and allow Solus to use the barbarian as a meat shield.
When the weapons were about to clash, however, Stargazer Blinked away. Solus was too focused on the enemy attacks to notice the sudden disappearance of the Distortion Field array and by the time she understood what had happened, it was already back in place.
The earth element hit her with the momentum of a freight train, crushing her bones and wrapping around her body in a cage that made it impossible for her to dodge the blast of darkness.
It ate at her both body and core, disrupting the forces that kept them together despite the deadly wound she had suffered 700 years ago. Solus screamed in pain as cracks opened all over her skin.
Energy seeped out of her wounds along with the blood, giving it a golden color.
"Solus!" Nyka screamed as she saw with Life Vision that her friend's body was seconds away from falling apart into sparkles of light. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
'Calm down, you idiot!' Dawn struggled to keep control over their shared body. 'Getting ourselves defeated isn't going to help anyone.'
'Easy for you to say!' The Vampire snarled. 'You don't-' The internal struggle caused the two women to switch from one body to another, slowing them both enough for Windfell to cut their head off and their argument short.
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