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Era Of War (book 1)
Ch. 7: a battle in the wild

Ch. 7: a battle in the wild

"Flatus." Ezra invokes the spell which Abena barely dodges, in the way to dodge she tumbles on the ground, a part of her clothes have been ripped making a giant sircular burn mark visible.

-"unexpected, but interesting all the same, you have learned to use spells effectively, haven't you? Wait, Ezra?" she calls to him, but gets no reply.

Ezra is standing up, with his eyes wide open. He has been knocked out by her previously, but is fighting by sheer willpower alone... But then the doctor realises... That spell ezra used, was meant to kill.

Before she can fully comprehend the situation Ezra was already on the offensive, to escape him she used a spell that dashed her away from him and sheathed her sword again, she then brings her hand, now in the shape of a fist, to envelope her hand with chains, she then pulls one of the chains creating a handle for a three meter red chain whip.

'I need to end this as soon as possible'

She thinks to herself swinging the whip at him, but he manages to dodge all the attacks.

"Brachium Scutum" he gets his hands in a block formation and creates a shield for his left arm.

The doctor swings the whip at him again, he tries to block but the shield breaks and the whip wraps around around his forearm, burning him severely, but Ezra then grabs the whip with the same arm and pulls the doctor closer to him. He tries to slash her across the chest but she dodges, she now starts to take the fight more seriously.

She disperses the whip and unsheaths her sword again, around her is a red glow and she dashes forward attacking Ezra ruthlessly, getting faster and stronger with each strike but gets blocked by Ezra all the same. Knowing Ezra could keep up with her no matter the attack, she then

incorporates kicks and punches trying to throw Ezra off his guard. And yet Ezra still manages to fight on equal ground with her, blocking all kicks, punches and slashes. Although he isn't attacking back, almost like he is only driven by an instinct to survive.

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"flatus!" Ezra strikes her, almost killing her. "vulnus!" he swings his sword launching a golden slash that devastates everything it hits.

But Ezra has gotten tired, barely able to move and Abena stands before him with her shoulder deeply wounded, she painfully lifts her arm and releases a wave blast that throws him at a tree, knocking him out.

Meanwhile

'where the hell is she? She said she wanted to show me something and its already been two days!'

-"where are you! Aisha! Aisha!"

-"i'm here lord levitus!" says aisha, her voice can be heard from the trash

-"aisha?! Why are you in the trash?"

-"a few of my subordinates have thrown me here, but that is not important right now, you said you wanted me to show you what i found, lord Levitus?"

-"yes, please go ahead Aisha."

Aisha leaves, with the principle following closely behind, they leave the palace and go down a rocky path after a long flight of stairs, they then go through a smaller forrest and into a cave. The cave is full of ice, on the walls even the ground, icycles are hanging from the roof of the cave and a frosty chill can be felt in the air, carried by a gentle gust of wind. It feels almost relaxing, if not for the ice in the cave.

They continue walking through countless maze-like tunnels, they feel strangely artificial, as if humans were here before. They continue through the tunnels, seeming all the more lost as they walk.

After what looked to be miles of non-stop walking they finaly reach a room leading into five other tunnels, in the rooms center is a ball on a stool. The ball looks white, with an icy texture.

-"you wanted to show me, this?"

-"yes lord, it looks like a normal ball but i believe it has something special about it."

-"nonsense aisha, its a simple ball!"

-"it might be, lord levitus, but we cannot be completely sure"

-"have you tried touching it?"

-"i wouldn't dare! We do not know what that ball is capable of, for all we know, it could explode to the touch of the hand or freeze a full grown human!"

-"you could be correct, although we could never know unless we try"

-"no, lord! Its too dangerous!"

-"do not worry my dear Aisha, all will be alright."

She then walks closer to the ball, however, she senses a strange aura the closes she gets to the ball, a strong sense of danger can be felt by both aisha and levitus, but she continues, much to the warning of aisha.

She touches the ball, it feels cold to the touch, she then picks it up and all the ice in the cave retracts into the ball, in a weird form of energy.

-"see? Nothing happened, lets go!"

Levitus starts leaving the room, Aisha sighs and follows closely behind.