One of my eyes was forced shut, and I laid completely flat on my back. My body stung, like, the entirety of it. Even I saw smoke emit off of my body…and maybe the ground as well.
For once, I looked right at the sky as I slowly got up, weakly. Never been in much pain like this before. Is this how it feels to take the brunt of my magic spells entirely? With zero brace or defense?
Had I known I was going to full commit my mind to it, maybe I would've casted a few buff incantations as well to buff my defense. But…saying I managed to survive that alone is more than enough.
I looked around, for once, our fight traveled so far away that I never realized we were near the mountainside again. Not near the mountains themselves, but just wilderness. I could make out the fiery inferno of Sultan's estate in the distance, however.
