A look of frustration and confusion clouded Irene's face as she attacked Seth, her eyes trembling as she saw Seth's face contort into a frown.
For a moment, anger clouded Seth's mind as felt betrayed by Iren's sudden attack, but just as it came, it also went, Seth's face relaxing.
He calmly stared at Irene, not letting go of her arm, and ten with his left arm which was free, he slapped away the incoming ice spike.
"Let me go" Irene suddenly yelled, the water around them freezing as she struggled to get her arm free from Seth's grip.
Various reasons for Irene's sudden outburst went through Seth, but he was forced to cut his thinking short and bring his attention back to Irene when he felt a powerful fluctuation of qi from her.
Just to her right, around the area where the first spike he had destroyed came from, another one came popping out, but this dwarfed the previous spike.
