Voxea's summoning circle manifested in front of me in a rather dramatic manner, with Ice, Wind and Mystic aether sparking out of it.
A familiar pressure began to fill the arena as Voxea flew out of the summoning circle.
As the other three binders watched on, I couldn't help but hear their reactions to Voxea's summoning.
"This feeling...".
"It's definitely a middle tier gold grade majimonster...".
"But the aether feels denser".
Evidently, Gawain the Kabuton which initially looked a bit lazy when it had entered the ring had suddenly become much more alert when it picked up the pressure that Voxea was emanating.
Even Kiero looked a little uneasy when Voxea had stopped floating and landed in front of me like one of those heroic maji that Voxea taught me about during our lessons.
[Is the crossed arm pose necessary].
[Very much so].
[Need a boost]?
[Nah, this little bug is going to be a cake walk].
The Fog of War stirred to life as both Voxea and Gawain got into battle position.
As soon as the Fog fully encompassed my mind, the Kabuton let out a mighty roar before slamming his fist into the ground. A chunk of aether infused earth erupted from the ground and was promptly sent flying towards Voxea.
[One. Updraft...]
A small Wind affinity spell circle formed around Voxea's hand, while a larger version of it formed on the ground in front of her and in the air directly above it.
Just as the boulder was about to smash into Voxea, she gestured her hand and a powerful burst of wind exploded from the circle, knocking the boulder skyward and revealing the Kabuton with a Verdant-infused horn charging towards her!
[Slam!], Voxea said while closing her hand into a fist.
A second burst of wind exploded from the circle hanging in the air, launching the airborne boulder straight towards the ground and into the charging Kabuton.
Noticing the incoming danger, the Kabuton stopped it's forward momentum and swung it's horn upward.
The Verdant technique smashed the plunging boulder to pieces...and left the Kabuton wide open for Voxea to close the gap herself!
A manic feeling of bloodlust transmitted to me from my bond with Voxea as I felt her gathering aether for another big Wind technique.
[Two. Cyclonic Buster]!
Voxea lashed out with both of her fists, landing them both squarely onto the Kabuton's torso.
The first fist established the perimeter of the spell circle, while the second filled in the insides.
A second later, a powerful cyclone formed between her fists and launched the Kabuton spiralling towards the arena wall like a cannonball!
*BOOM*!
A loud booming sound followed by a massive cloud of dust was kicked up as the Kabuton impacted the wall.
If it wasn't for the Fog of War still being in effect, I would've assumed that Voxea smashed the Kabuton into paste.
Instead, as the dust cleared away, I saw the Kabuton picked itself up from the rubble and just shake it off like it was dust.
[Not gonna lie, I figured you launching it into a wall at high speeds was going to be enough to aether it].
[Finale], Voxea said as she clapped her hands together...and my ears suddenly made a popping noise.
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[Annoying], Gawain transmitted to Kiero as he cleared himself of the rubble.
[I know partner, but I don't think that little thing can take a physical technique without collapsing. All that offensive power normally means either a weakk defense or slow speed. And she's seems to be a "caster" type majimonster], Kiero said to assure the Kabuton, [We just need to close the gap].
[How]?
[Galvanizing Bond], Kiero said in confirmation.
[Right], Gawain said as he shook off the last of the debris from his form.
Kiero prepared to tap into his bond with Gawain and overcharge his speed and smash the little Blizzabella...up until he suddenly felt the air pressure drop and his ears popped!
[Uh Oh].
Before the eyes of him and his Kabuton, the peasants' majimonster had prepared a Wind technique that he had never seen before but gave him an incredibly dangerous feeling!
The humanoid majimonster had produced a bow and arrow made of Wind aether and was charging it up into a singular, powerful strike!
His mind worked rapidly until it came to a single conclusion....
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Voxea had finished charging up what she told me was currently her most powerful Wind technique. I didn't know what it would do, but she hadn't disappointed me so far.
[Arrow of- ]
But before she could fire off the technique, the Fog of War disappeared and the Kabuton was recalled.
My senses defaulted back to normal as I heard Kiero yell, "I concede"!
Wait, what?
[What?! Boo!], Voxea complained as she dispelled her technique.