"No!" Kordia shouted, slamming a shield into place that sent Zazel's shot deflecting wide of its target.
Neither Halie nor Amarena made any move to escape, which Kordia assumed meant they were incapacitated in some way. At this distance, the most she could tell was that Amarena was moving but Halie was not.
Zazel lifted a fist that raised a spike of molten rock, aimed right for her stomach.
Instinctively she rolled, gathering pure mana by will alone before she opened her mouth and fired it. The silvery bolt struck true, breaking Zazel's shield but failing to cut through the thick aura of magic that surrounded him. Instead, it split into dozens of smaller beams, arcing away as the silver strands faded.
Two more beams broke exactly the same way, and Zazel's counterattack launched a dozen stone bullets into Kordia's shields.
