"Are you alright, Headmaster Astoria? What happened? Why did your reaction suddenly become so slow?" Ember asked out of concern and doubt.
"I'm alright, Marquis Ember. A superficial wound like this is nothing to worry about," Astoria calmly replied as she distanced herself from Fallen Witch Elvira. "I was just a little surprised by the name Van Helsing."
"That again?" Ember gave Astoria a helpless glance and said, "You're too fixated on Vaan Raphna and anything related to or reminded you of him—"
"Do you think you have the luxury of being distracted when you are facing me?!"
Ember's words were cut short as she was forced to hurriedly receive Fallen Witch Elvira's incoming black water spell with a shield of condensed flames.
Boom!
Ember was sent flying away by the impact of two spells colliding, followed by an explosion, which blasted her away even faster.
Bam!
