[Realm: Álfheimr]
[Location: Dominion of Oz]
[Winkie Country]
The solution had been simple.
At least, it seemed that way now that Mikoto had finally thought of it. He had spent considerably more time than he would have liked trying to work around the leylines. But the answer had been sitting in front of him all along. He simply needed to stop insisting on using his own mana.
Unfortunately, having found a solution did not mean he had the luxury of putting it into practice without interruption.
Electra shot past him again.
Her acceleration was so abrupt that the air around her displaced with a heavy rush, the sound arriving almost alongside her movement. Mikoto barely had time to register the disturbance before her claws passed across his face. He felt the sharpness of the impact, followed by a warm trickle against his cheek.
A deep cut had opened across his skin.
