Dimensional Descent

Morgok balled up his fists and attacked with a furious momentum. His Hands of God fell down like a rain of meteors, suffocating Aina from all sides.

Aina didn't even look up. Just as they were about to land, she activated another portal and vanished.

The Hands of God landed with a furious momentum, but right then there was an equally as furious backlash. They were almost shredded to pieces and Morgok was forced to teleport them back toward him through space, displaying an ability he hadn't wanted to show so early on practically immediately.

His face twisted with displeasure, but there was nothing he could do. He turned his attention toward his Hands of God, seeing that they were in a sorry state. On one of them, he could see as deep as bone. The others were still fine because the first was enough of a lesson for him to retreat with the others.

He already knew that the Portal board wouldn't just allow him to attack it, there would certainly be a price to pay as a result. It was just that he thought he could crush Lyra, or rather Aina, before that happened.

He had no idea how he was so wrong.

He knew the limits of Lyra's skill, so when had she become such a problem?

Aina didn't even look up, she had absolute confidence in Leonel. It was a confidence that had taken them many years of hardship to build between one another, the likes of the Gods couldn't break that trust apart, let alone the Nomads.

The situation on the board kept rapidly changing. Pieces disappeared and separated again and again, sometimes they would change location, and sometimes they would be sent to the graveyard of sorts, sacrificed for the sake of it remaining Aina's turn.

The more this occurred, the more Morgok's expression changed. He didn't really understand what was going on.

a larger and larger advantage, but the fewer pieces there were on the board, the

to play, then the game would continue. And just by virtue of

a stop and flicked out a hand. Three pieces soared through the air and landed in

of pieces on the board and Morgok

He was infuriated by what had just happened, it was time for him to

because he

change. Those watching frowned, realizing that Morgok was indeed getting the advantage back. Had Lyra made a

until Morgok suddenly caught an advantage and took three turns in

on the board changed once more and it looked as though Aina was backed into a corner, both figuratively

For Aina, who was much weaker than Morgok, she had to maintain a distance at all times, especially when it was Morgok's turn. That was because during Morgok's turn, she couldn't use the Portals to escape. In fact, Morgok could use the

didn't have immediate control over. Unfortunately, the number that could fall into this category was growing smaller and smaller. As a result, she was quite literally now stuck in a corner of the board, unable to move forward because she

light flashed in Morgok's

had one move to make, but the

one that gave her a chance to change the situation in a few more exchanges, she would fall right

would be the losing move. On top of that, it was just a delay tactic. The next turn, she would be right back in the same exact

this.

winning move and