284 Mage Vs. Tamer
‘She’s really trying to fry my ass…” Tulnas said as he darted left and right, relying on Bradd for cover!
It was pretty much evident that he couldn’t effectively react to the bolts of lightning when Gwendelina was really trying to kill him and that fact had gotten quite a bit of emphasis when he had stopped paying more attention to the fights around and him and started focusing on his own!
He reverse handled his blades as he darted to and fro and rushing over the cold ground as he then ordered the giant sand bear to make a move on Gwendelina.
From Bradd, waves of sand exploded, covering large radius as they stormed over to the Mage who looked on at this impassively.
A bolt of lightning coagulated and shot towards Tulnas, but it was notably slower than the one that had got him beforehand.
It crackled with power as it curved over the wave of sand, accurately heading for Tulnas’ head when a wave of the heavy sand with numerous sparkling blue particles rose and covered him!
PTSKKK!
The lightning crackled as it left the cover of sand with a red and heated patch that smoked!
Beyond that, it did nothing beyond what could remotely be called heavy damage!
‘That sand. It seems to have some strange energy disrupting properties. My lightning should have done more than just that…’ Gwendelina observed.
Tulnas who was under the cover of tamed beast remained calm and stop moving.
The wave of sand finally reached Gwendelina who raised her slender hand and stretched out her palm in the respective direction!
A torrent of wind blasted from her hand, its vicious rotations making it visible as it circled in a spherical shape that covered the Mage as she looked on with confidence.
The sand was parted as it rained over her, being unable to penetrate the cover of rotating wind around Gwendelina!
Still though, the Mage noticed the sand pushing back against the gusts of wind which fought it off.
This sand truly was unique!
At this moment, all around her, waves of flowing sand in a golden-brown hue as well as gem like particles that reached up to her neck could be seen.
If she hadn’t protected herself, she would have sank into the sand as it kept rising, trying to overpower her barrier!
Suddenly, from behind her, the large figure of Bradd appeared from the vast sea of sand, rising from it like a fish as it went on to bring its arms together in a bear hug!
Its large arms were writhing with palpable waves of mana that sought to break both Gwendelina’s barrier as well as her body in one fell swoop!
‘Too easy,’ Gwendelina thought as before the big sand bear could reach its arms around her, an erect bolt of bright lightning shot from the Mage’s body, rising up as it aimed towards the creature’s chest in an upward streak!
TZBOOM!
Chunk of burnt sand flew after a bright flash of light and thunder, Bradd’s chest being revealed to be blown away all the way to his head as now, only its seated legs and lower torso remained with glowing patches of sand that emitted smoke.
‘How ruthless…’ Tulnas thought as he observed from afar while riding the waves of sand like he was in the ocean.
“Is that all you amount to, Tamer?” Gwendelina said from the comfort of her barrier.
“You could say so…” Tulnas said as he flashed her a smile.
From beside him, the sand rose as the figure of Bradd appeared, in full health as it continued to summon more sand.
Gwendelina was not surprised.
She could feel Bradd’s energy situation well enough and thus could tell that the Bradd that had attacked her was merely some kind of double.
Furthermore, she could feel a tether of golden energy that linked Bradd to Tulnas.
“Let’s try something a bit more fun…” she said as she raised her hand, mana hanging on her fingertips as it then started to crackle with condensed power.
A bolt of lightning shot from her finger and into the air.
As it travelled, it created a large orb which hung in the airspace, then another when it flitted in another direction and streaked to another location and another and another!
The lightning bolt formed varying sizes of these orbs which were known as nodes all around the space that Gwendelina and Tulnas were battling!
Tulnas felt vibrant energy in each of the nodes as they now floated in the air, spontaneously crackling with blue and white energy that promised to kill instantly.
The young Guild leader smiled as felt the looming danger.
“This will spice things up won’t it?” Gwendelina said as she flashed a shallow smile.
“It sure will…” Tulnas said as he grabbed Bradd’s arm, sand flowing from the bear’s limb, rapidly forming a simplistic heavy sand armour over Tulnas, helm and all to cover his own, which had been blasted over one side earlier.
Gwendelina chuckled as in the next instance, one of the larger nodes shot a thick bolt of lightning at Tulnas!
The bolt almost blinded Tulnas with its brightness, its speed being utterly ridiculous as by the time Tulnas noticed that he had been struck, he had flown over four meters away bumping against the waves of sand!
The Tamer slid over the sifting masses, hurriedly standing up over the fluctuating waves as he then looked over his chest where bits of sandy glass had formed, with some of the material having turned black from the heat!
Sand rose from the waves on Bradd’s command and covered the burnt up spot.
‘Keep supporting me, Bradd… I know you hate violence but this is a reaaaaally bad woman…’ Tulnas sent a mental message to his large bear which nodded and increased the intensity of the flow of sand!
Tulnas then took a stance and darted forward.
He rushed over the waves of sand before lightly leaping up and starting to ski over them at a shocking speed!
ZAP!
A bolt of lightning shot from one of the smaller nodes, thundering down accurately at Tulnas head!
SMACK!
A mini explosion rocked Tulnas’ helm covered head, the young man spinning in the air until he steadied himself and continued to ride the waves towards Gwendelina who smiled diabolically as her dark eyes showed a half-languid attitude.
Bradd the large bear slammed both his large hands into the sand, a trail of sand spikes jutting from the flowing sand around Gwendelina, stretching over to the Mage!
“Good!” the Mage called in feeble excitement.
Some of the nodes overhead shot bolts at the spikes that continued to appear, trying to pierce through Gwendelina’s wind barrier but they were all blown to bits!
Behind her, a couple of meters away, the invisible barrier that housed the robed figures was effortlessly blocking the wave of sand while Guissepo who had been standing in front of it had moved a few steps back, entering within its protective space to not be buried by the waves.
Tulnas noticed this, his eyes focusing over the activity behind this barrier a few meters away as he launched forward.
With Gwendelina using the nodes to focus fire over the constantly spawning spikes, it looked like he had some breathing room, but…
TZAAAP! TZAAP!
Two large bolts stormed two different directions at the same time, their lights temporarily overpowering the inherent darkness of the cavern as they shot towards Bradd and Tulnas!
Two excessive explosions ignited at the two positions, cocking up a large amount of sand and making reverberations over the ocean of sand that caused a loud rumble that shook the cavern!
The Mage looked over the two spots, her inherent ability to sense energies notifying her that her two opponents were far from dead.
Bradd reappeared over the sand and continued flinging sand spikes while Tulnas…
‘Hmmm?’ Gwendelina thought as she looked down at the sand. ‘He’s… under?’
Sure enough, Tulnas was within the ocean of sand, swimming within it at quick speed.
In his hands, his short swords sparkled with lightning as they started to activate their unique attributes.
What would these attributes be?
Tulnas swam in Gwendelina’s direction much to the Mage’s surprise.
‘Does he plan on attacking me up close?’ she thought with a scoff.
But…
To her surprise, Tulnas’ presence which was underneath the sand passed by her as it continued to rush over in the direction of the invisible barrier!
‘Un, un. Should I do it now?’ a voice rang in Tulnas’ head.
‘Yeah. Do it. I’m ready.’