A few thin cuts marked his face and arms where the ice had grazed him, but they were already closing.
"You continue to disappoint me." He said with a sigh.
Zenith's eyes widened as Asmodeus moved toward her in a blur of motion. He appeared in front of her without warning, and his palm struck her chest with an explosive bang!
The impact folded her body around his hand and blasted her across the chamber. She crashed through one of the golden-veined pillars, stone exploding around her, before slamming into the far wall hard enough to leave a crater.
"Zenith!" Elion shouted.
She coughed violently, blood spilling from her lips, but she forced herself back onto one knee.
"I'm fine!" she shouted, though she clearly was not.
Asmodeus turned toward Elion, who was already moving.
He reached the second conduit and used earth magic to launch himself upward toward the thick golden vein climbing one of the chamber walls.
His blade flashed as he swung and struck down.
Shk!
