Beira unleashed her own aura. The rain turned to snow. The wind became cold and Beira’s body was covered in a sheet of ice.
Lucy unleashed a bolt of lightning from her mouth. It collided with a solid wall of ice that appeared in front of Beira. It exploded, raining shards of ice everywhere. Some of the enemy soldiers were impaled by them.
Lilith’s eyes blazed with fire, her wings folded around her and touched her outstretched hand. Then, she pointed at Beira. Lilith fired a laser. Well, it was an orange and red beam. I could feel the heat, despite standing several metres away.
The beam came straight after Lucy broke the shield. Beira did not have enough time to cast another spell and was struck in the chest. She screamed, as the layer of ice protecting her body melted. Three skeletons jumped into the beam to absorb some of the damage.
Sadly, they were successful. Only dust remained of those sacrifices, but Beira was mostly unhurt. Now it was my time. I used Storm’s Judgement. A massive bolt of lightning struck Beira. She screamed again and fell to her knees.
Lucy charged, but before she could reach our enemy, a giant white mist appeared. A massive wolf emerged from it. It was the size of an elephant, had snow white fur and turquoise eyes. The creature tackled Lucy and they rolled around on the floor, clawing and biting each other. Lucy’s fur was covered in electricity, something the wolf did not seem to enjoy very much.
The wolf was not the only thing that appeared. Someone had summoned the death elemental again. The same one I had faced when rescuing Iris.
“I SHALL HAVE MY REVENGE!” The elemental screamed.
“Hey, this one is MINE!” Shani shouted and charged the new arrival. “I will show you who the cutest elemental is!”
Lily and Erin were busy with the regular soldiers. The emperor was still alive as well. He even had some loyal knights left. They were currently engaged by the large demon with too many eyes.
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Beira stood up again. She looked slightly singed from my lightning strike.
“Be wary of her staff.” Lilith warned. “Your magic was able to counter those chains, make sure you have a spell slot remaining if she does that again. I have no idea how many charges this power has, or how long it takes to recharge.”
I had used storm's embrace before the fight, two storm’s judgement and one devour magic. I had five 9th circle spells remaining. Sadly, I did not know how many Beira had. Did all archfey have nine 9th circle slots? How many had she used? Did she power the staff with her own magic, or did it have a battery of sorts?
Beira started floating. Shards of ice circled around her. I braced for an attack and contemplated my defensive options. But she did not attack us directly, yet.
The entire battlefield froze. We found ourselves standing in a field of ice and snow. I escaped into the air as frozen spikes erupted from the ground. Then I watched in horror. Her spell did not end at the battlefield. She was covering the whole city in ice. And I had a feeling, no normal human would survive that cold. The staff in her hand was glowing.
“She is using the staff to enhance her spell.” Lilith noted. She was flying next to me and sounded rather calm. I suppose she did not care much for the people.
“We have to stop her! She is going to kill everyone who has not been evacuated yet!” I said.
“That is what you are focusing on? She is using the staff of dominion to enhance an ice spell. That is far more concerning.” Lilith responded.
I shrugged. “I suspect it improves her control over the weather. If she can create an ice age I will be really concerned.”
I considered hitting Beira with devour magic. It would strip her of any personal protections but she had summoned that ice wall before. Any spell not attached to her would still work. I could wait for her to use another ice wall, then devour it. Hm. Would devour magic interfere with her aura? That was more of a soul power. Could I hit the staff with it? Could it destroy the staff?
I decided to try it. I focused on the staff and cast my spell.
Black smoke appeared around the artifact. Sparks appeared around it. My spell seemed to be fighting the staff.
The ice circling Beira disappeared. The frost on the ground stopped its expansion.
Beira looked in horror as the staff began to form small cracks. Then the black smoke entered. The golden sphere was now covered in a black web.
“What… WHAT DID YOU DO?” Beira shouted. She still held the staff. It had stopped changing. The black web remained. Underneath, the sphere still glowed.
Lilith looked at me, questioningly. The problem was, I had no idea what just happened. “I tried to destroy the magic inside the staff.” I said.
“You tried to dispel a divine artefact? You can’t dispel a god's power.” Lilith responded.
“Well, I did not use a dispel. Obviously. I am not undoing the magic, my spell is eating it.”
“Eating it? You summoned a creature that eats magic?” Lilith asked, looking concerned.
“No no, it’s a spell that eats magic.” I had no idea what happened to that magic afterwards. Was I actually feeding some sort of creature with it? Could I use the devoured magic myself? And what exactly did I do to that divine artefact?