Sylas felt his Will faltering.
There was a flash in his eyes and the Will pressuring Runes appeared once again.
This time, however, Lorien was ready for it. Her pink mist changed again as she poured more Will. From only gathering small tidbits of Foundations, it suddenly began to form outright true Runes. They only had three to four Foundations between them and couldn't even meet the standard of lowest class Runes, but this change was still enough.
Sylas felt his Will rebuffed by something.
But Lorien felt like she had just been hit with a truck.
Her eyes widened. Just how powerful was Sylas' Will?!
Lorien recovered quickly and followed up with an attack, but this brief lull, as short as it was, gave Sylas just enough breathing room to stumble forward and roll out of the way of the next attack.
