An agitated, angry yell escaped Vitra's lips as the Foxkin tried to take me down, her powerful mana splashing harmlessly against my barrier and exploding upon contact with Shatter, driving the Foxkin Noble mad.
"Why won't you die already?! Just die! Die die die die DIE!"
The bolts of pure mana became even more condensed and abundant as the woman drew from the deepest reserves of her Core, squeezing everything she could from the organ and causing blood to leak from her lips, nostrils, ears and eyes as all seven orifices took damage from her overexertion of her body, though she didn't seem to care as she snarled at me, watching as another bolt exploded on the edge of Shatter.
Whew~