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.

lasted for

There were less Arundo family members in this bracket, just three, compared to last time. However, if they insisted on targeting Aulina like this, it would be

wasn't some spring flower. She had fought two wars and had been on the frontline of the battle against Earth's oceanic creatures. The issue was that she was outclassed by

of blue around her. She immediately surrounded the sphere with twin rivers of water, lashing out against the oncoming

BANG! BANG! BANG!

paled as she slid backward, large amounts of her Water Force dispersing. She quickly refocused her attention, diverting one portion toward the accumulation of more Water Force and another

this came a powerful Internal Sight, though not as exaggerated as one might expect to find with

The Arundo were only one of the major families Elthor had offended with his killing spree

from the side, swinging toward

Aulina reacted quickly.

Aulina had set up a spiderweb trap of sorts in the ground around her. Unfortunately, she hadn't had enough time to make it as powerful as she could, but it would have to do

as a spike of Water Force drilled through the sole

youth couldn't even react as a whip

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

BANG! BANG! BANG!

react in time to use her rivers, resulting in the arrows directly colliding with her sphere of protection. Panic colored her features as the arrows tore through, but her shield was just thick enough to slow the arrows to a

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 right at her

and it made her 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 of

left, this time wielding a glaive. Her right side, which she had just cleared, had already been filled by yet another. And, right down her middle, a chorus of