Chapter 521: Nayra

Chapter 521: Nayra

The Unchained

Nayraswitched her attention from the Exiled Shell as his attack was intercepted by Selia, and turned her full attention to Kaeliss preparing to dive above her. She beat her wings and launched herself up at him, the death still remaining around her fueling her indestructibility.

She sensed another source of Death following behind herEratemusand made an adjustment in her flight to allow him room to maneuver at her side.

The leader of the Unchained above her glowed and grew, his antlers changed as fissures filled with red flames appeared in them. His armor glowed, his gauntlets were suddenly surrounded in a thick, almost liquid like substance that was bright red and white in color.

As they charged at each other, Nayra made the first move.

Her techniques burned within her, {Mantle of the Rising Mist} raising her dexterity to incredible heights, coupled with the power that the Death around her fueled her with. She layered her perks, Brawlers Strike, Goddess of Speed, and Death Blast, then stabbed forward with ErIshi Resav, activating God-Killing Spear in an instant.

Her golden spear extended at near instantaneous speed with her perks boosting her and Goddess of Speed doubling it for two strikes. A black fire clinging to its tip as it slammed into the descending Kaeliss. His armor blazed with power, but it wasnt enough. Nayra was surrounded by death that Eratemus had brought, by death that Selia had wrought on the wall. She wasnt anywhere near to the peak that she once had on a battlefield, but there wasnt anyone near who was her equal even now.

The armor parted before her blow, hitting Kaeliss in the center of his chest. The Deathfire on the tip of her spear splashed across his armor, its defenses activating and purging it away.

Still, she smiled, recognizing a crippling blow. Except, her spear didnt punch through scale and flesh, but rather pushed and blasted Kaeliss back into the sky.

She frowned, her smile slipping, her strike had been powerful enough to pierce his armor, but not his skin? She realized that he had more protections, and reacted immediately, retracting her spear. She triggered Battle Trance, increasing her stats further and getting an awareness of the battle around her.

She used Deathfire Blink to appear high in the sky, behind Kaeliss, then she executed the same attack again. Her spear blasted downward in a thrust as it expanded and stabbed through her foes back. The tip pierced the armor again, and this time she felt the scale beneath it part slightly. But again she didnt pierce through his body as she expected to.

It had to be a power that reduced the effectiveness of physical attacks, it was the only thing that made sense. But her second attack had done damage.

She let Resav keep expanding, pushing Kaeliss far beneath her until he hit the earth. The undead on the field reacted immediately, swarming him as she kept him pinned against the ground.

She felt her Death shield break, and the bone of her skull crack. For a moment she lost her bearing, her vision got blurry and something struck her in the stomach. Then she was falling.

She had enough presence of mind to grab her helmet and dismiss it, lessening the pressure from the damage. Her wings beat wildly, attempting to give her some control of her fall, but her mind was filled with a fog of wrath and confusion, she couldnt control them properly.

She hit the ground roughly, but somehow managed to stick the landing. Quickly, she pulled out healing potions and downed two in quick succession.

As her head cleared, she noticed Eratemus in the air, fighting against Kaeliss. On the ground, the spirits were now charging her, the undead were gone, her perk had drained them to protect her.

As the spirits pounced on her, she unleashed a Dawn Stun. Black flame turned golden in an instant, and blasted out from her in all directions, hitting the spirits straight on.

With a beat of her wings, she took to the air again. Her Qi flowed through her body as she charged another technique. As she got close to the two fighters in the air, she realized that Eratemus was pushing Kaeliss back, the world around him constantly changed, faint echoes of different vistas appeared and disappeared with every movement he made.

Nayra blinked close to Kaeliss, a blast of Deathfire left her arrival point and washed over his back, just as she unleashed her technique and attack.

Her spear flashed forward, and a wall of petals shaped out of mist manifested all around her.

Kaeliss folded in place, and he vanished. Nayra felt something tug at her, and suddenly she was in front of Eratemus, she saw his eyes widen as he was in the middle of an attack, just like she was.

She tried to move out of the way, to abort her attack, but she was already committed, the same as he was.

They smashed into each other, and she felt a glancing blow rip her shoulder out of its socket. Her spear punched through the side of Eratemuss hip, delivering a glancing blow that cut straight through his armor and drew blood from beneath it.

They recovered as they moved past each other, then both turned to the sky. Kaeliss stood above them next to the minotaurBerion. A series of symbols was drawn in the air in front of him. They flashed, and his attack was unleashed down on them. A mass of bright red bolts rushed through the air, streaking like falling stars. Their passage filling the world with the sound of thunder.

Nayra and Eratemus braced.