The man withdrew his hand and prepared to unleash another attack, but Arthur struck first, releasing a point-blank Extreme Nothingness that blasted him away.
Panting heavily, Arthur staggered, planting Lostvayne into the ground to support himself like a crutch.
The others got back to their feet—except for Evan, who hadn't fallen in the first place and had recovered his balance mid-air.
His grimoire's pages fluttered as he searched for another spell, trying to find the perfect one to bank the last of his magic power on.
Artemisia grabbed the last of the Divinity fragments Arthur had given to her a week ago, absorbing its energy to maintain the buffs she had cast on Evan and Arthur—especially Arthur.
His Transcendent-level stats consumed far more energy to enhance, and the strain was rapidly depleting her reserves of divinity and magic power.
