Ver rose from her seat, and even she was shocked by the speed of Wu's movements. The Academy changes people, sometimes in subtle ways, and sometimes not. Boiling over from the pressure-cooker environment, Wu found his fist connecting with the face of Lily Watts, though from the moment he moved, her eyes had been locked onto him.
As he flew closer and closer to her, his clothes flapping in the air, she smiled as she was blasted back and thrown into the side of the power. A surge of flames instantly shielded her body on impact, though no shield was conjured up when Wu landed his hit.
A red light instantly penetrated the entirety of the tower, and lines of Casts with unfamiliar patterns suddenly formed all over the ground before white semi-transparent chains were shot towards Wu. He picked up the nearly unconscious Lera as she gripped her fingers around his collar, and he made a run for it.
