บท 119: Descent

We stared at each other for a moment.

He had long, black hair, though the end of his hair was dark purple. His purple eyes were just like Vixia's… or mine. His eyes widened as he stepped towards me. Fourteen seconds. A glyph appeared beneath me as Asher's magic enveloped me.

"No!" His voice reached my ears as I disappeared in a flash of light. The last thing I saw was his hand, extended towards me, as if he were trying to catch me.

I fell on the ground with a muffled thud.

"Kai!" Lucius' voice sounded. It took me a moment to regain my senses.

"Oh my god, your hands!" Asher exclaimed as I slowly pushed myself to a sitting position.

"I'm…" I hesitated. I wasn't fine. If I had any mana left, I would have used Soul's Respite to heal my wounds.

Lucius helped me get up and led me to a chair the plants here had formed. "What happened to you?" He asked as Asher approached. The blonde sorcerer seemed just as exhausted as me.