Chapter 64.5- Doom Days

“Round two: Begin” This time, she managed to strike first. Her snapped fingers created a spark that travelled across the space between us. It was realatively slow moving, and I was tempted to just ignore it and focus on pressing the attack. The only issue with that was that I could feel just how much magic was in that spark. Ignoring it would be stupid, so I slashed my wand to the side, creating a massive golden shield that caught the spark just as it got into range, and like I expected, the spell turned out to be a tad more complicated than it had seemed, exploding into a massive conflagration the second it made contact. I felt something travel through my bones themselves— the force of the explosion?

I took a step back as she snapped her fingers twice more. Each time creating massive explosions that made me feel like I was being held and shaken by someone with little regard for my dignity. She moved to snap her fingers again, and I tore down my own shield, sending there piercing curses at her so quickly that they almost appeared to be a single spell. She completed the motion, and I tracked it carefully while sending more and more spells.

I twisted my wand, shooting bombardment curses at her that curved through the air to strike her from the side rather than head on to bypass the shield she had created. I noted hat the spark had travelled about half the distance between us, and I shot a piercing curse at it. The second it came in contact with my magic, it exploded outwards, creating a wave of concussive force that near tossed me off my feet. I dug into the ground to prevent myself from moving.

Okonkwo had her hands stretched out behind her and that somehow was enough to keep her from falling out of the platform. She turned those hands towards me and then pushed forwards. Only instincts had me rolling to the side. A wave of wind tore though where I had just been standing. I scowled. Just how many things did this infuriating girl have up her sleeves. I twisted my wand, sending a barrage of cutting curses at her. She clapped her hands together to form another shield. This shield I smashed through with a shield breaker, forcing her to take a step backwards and then I hammered her position with a pair of bludgeoners. She dove underneath one and slapped the other away with her backhand. Then she slapped her hand into the ground. It began to shake and shiver, and then from the ground came near a dozen plant bulbs, each one a deep red and closed at the top.

Not keen on wanted to see what they would do so close, I aimed a rendering curse at the one closest to me, cutting it to pieces. But that was the only one I was able to destroy before they began to open.