Vol.5, Ch.6, P.7
“…”
“…”
Silence.
Below, there beat the drums of battle. Above, there blew the gloaming breeze. But between Cronheim and myself, only quietude stretched, on and on like a thread drawn thin, as we circled and stared each other down. Yet, doubtless was his Dēcollāns Ruptūra ready again; doubtless was this thread of ours to snap, and this standoff to explode. Keen to strike the sooner spark, I pounced asudden whence I stood, crossing three strides in a breath.
Cronheim’s sword-tip twitched, glinting with hesitation. Perceiving this, I pelted ever forth to close the last gap.
“Dyaaah!!”
“Egh!?”
The mareschal grimaced. He was wavering—wavering between sword or spell, for such was now the distance between us that which course might prove best he could not so quickly guess. Good, I’d done right to
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Notes
Dēcollāns Ruptūra
(Language: Latin; original name: “Behead Rupture”) “Beheading Rupture”. Spatial ensorcellment and bladespell. Vastly extends the arc of a sword attack with a wash of odyl, which then, for an instant, nicks atwain the very space it occupies, sundering all matter caught within.
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