Yet, despite the appearance of this new variable, the Enkarians didn't halt their charge. They couldn't. To flee meant death... because it soon became clear that this barrier didn't stop the Arcanists from raining down their spells on them. The only way to stop it was to break through that barrier.
Fortunately, their rain of destruction had dimmed a little because half the hunter's army was now maintaining the shield rather than launching spells.
Meanwhile, even while continuing to run forward and dodge spells, Erik's allies looked at the massive, kilometre-spanning shield with various expressions.
"Can we break through that?" Seraphina asked sceptically, while her gravity affinity allowed her to gracefully dance across the battlefield. By her side were Naeku, Runa, Alice, Nora, Anne, Ankhur's sister, and his wife, Amina. Nadia, his other wife, was an Arcanist and thus stayed in the backline.
