Dimensional Descent

Aulina fluttered onto the stage with her heart nearly beating out of her chest. She seemed quite delicate and frail despite her more than average height for a woman. But, this was just an unfortunate part of being born and raised on the Moon. Her bone structure was more fragile than normal and she had to compensate with her use of Force.

Luckily, thanks to the Metamorphosis, a lot of her deficits had been made up for. But, at the moment, she was at yet another great disadvantage.

Of the Forces, Water Elemental Force was probably the most fickle. The density of it varied wildly depending on how close to a water source you were, how long it had been since the last time it rained, and what sort of climate there was.

As a person whose most powerful tool was her Water Elemental ability, Aulina today was much weaker than she had been on the ocean's surface that day. However, Elthor's performance had given her courage. Who said she couldn't win just because she was weaker than those around her?

Very quickly, all those called upon found their place in the ring. After the first battle, the nervous air was several times greater than it had been before. All those here were keenly aware that their lives might be forfeit at any time.

Aulina calmed herself, steadily accumulating the Water Force in her surroundings.

Suddenly, she felt several sharp gazes land on her, causing her brows to wrinkle. She looked up to find several individuals wielding bows looking right at her. It didn't take her a genius to realize why it was they were giving her such looks.

Aulina immediately went on the defensive.

"Begin."

This time, the battle didn't start instantly. Wary eyes looked around, inching toward the edge of the arena to ensure that they couldn't be stabbed from behind. Unfortunately, some unlucky souls realized that they were surrounded from all sides and couldn't' easily retreat. They kicked themselves for being so careless in stepping onto the platform so casually.

lull, though, only lasted for just

bracket, just three, compared to last time.

of the battle against

and delicate shout left Aulina's lips, her accumulating Water Force erupting to form an enormous sphere of blue around her. She immediately surrounded the sphere with twin rivers of water,

BANG! BANG! BANG!

as she slid backward, large amounts of her Water Force dispersing. She quickly refocused her attention,

a powerful Internal Sight,

The Arundo were only one of the major families Elthor had offended with his killing spree and it was no secret to anyone in the arena

Aulina from the side, swinging

Aulina reacted quickly.

flexibility of water, Aulina had set up a spiderweb trap of sorts in the ground around

off guard, howling in pain as a spike of Water

youth couldn't even react as a whip of water blasted

moment of Aulina's attention being taken, though, several arrows had already appeared

BANG! BANG! BANG!

of protection. Panic colored her features as the

to the ground with dull clangs. However, Aulina had been completely shaken. Of the three arrows, one had been aimed right for her forehead, another had been aimed right for her heart and the last had been aimed

feel that her life had been sucked dry. By the time she realized her shield had been just barely enough to block them and she snapped out

just cleared, had already been filled by yet another. And, right down her middle, a chorus of three more arrows sliced forward, right toward the holes in her water sphere that had