The game of hide-and-seek between the two Aristian rulers was about to turn into a bloodbath battle royal.
As it had been a while since Venus's onslaught started, Hal knew that his companions already figured out that there's something wrong. Even then, the villainess didn't falter, but strived to retaliate instead.
Glass shards clashed with invisibility magic – and thus, their tussle went on at that barren wilderness.
"You haven't changed, Empress. Finger-pointing and skedaddling - they're all you're good at," Hal hissed through gritted teeth after a sequence of scuffling.
"Don't go all preachy on me, boy. You're well aware that I'm capable of doing much worse than that," Venus snarled in a peeved tone.
Extending her arm forward, serrated-edged shreds of glasses funnelled through a powerful surge of razor-sharp fragments. They flare like shattered pieces of crystals, shrouding over her in a tempest of glimmering splinters.
