Dimensional Shear — an attack so sharp, it doesn't cut the body... it slices space itself.
Scene: The Silent Grove
Setting: A secluded forest clearing under a violet-hued dusk. The wind doesn't blow. The birds don't chirp. It's eerily still — as if the world is waiting.
Enme stood alone, surrounded by scattered pieces of a dozen broken training dummies. Her Sentinel Halo hummed faintly behind her, its rings spinning slowly, dormant.
She took a breath.
Then another.
Her eyes narrowed as she focused on the air in front of her.
Enme (thinking):
"Everything has a shape. Even dimensions. Even space."
She raised her hand, her fingers forming a precise sigil — something instinctual. Not learned, but remembered.
Her VYTHRA surged.
The Sentinel Halo glitched. The rings spun in reverse for half a second.
And then—
a new 13th ring unfolded from nothingness — jagged, darker, humming with strange resonance.
Suddenly, the air cracked.
Not sound.
Space.
A thin black line split the clearing from left to right. It hovered mid-air, glowing faintly with iridescent light around its edges — like the edge of a broken mirror.
[Skill Unlocked: DIMENSIONAL SHEAR]
TYPE: Spatial Severance / Execution Line
RANGE: Mid-to-Long
EFFECT: Slices through localized space. Ignores matter. Delays physical collapse.
Enme blinked.
The world looked unchanged.
For a moment.
Then—
CRACKKKKKKK.
A dozen trees behind the line suddenly slid apart, as if cleanly severed by an invisible god.
No wind. No flash. Just collapse — soundlessly splitting and falling.
Enme's eyes widened.
She walked toward the line she drew — now fading like a dying constellation.
Enme (quietly):
"It didn't hit the trees. It hit the space around them."
She held out her hand again. The 13th ring hovered at her command now — sharp and elegant.
Enme (smirking faintly):
"So this is what it means… to be untouchable."
Her HUD flickered with a tooltip:
DIMENSIONAL SHEAR — [Execution Skill]
"What cannot be blocked cannot be fought."
Unleashes a razor-thin spatial rupture in a straight line.
All objects within the rupture zone are severed once the cut concludes.
Delay Collapse: Matter takes 1–3 seconds to react to the severance.
Cannot be blocked, only dodged.
Spectre Mode exclusive. Costs 20% VYTHRA per use.
Can be charged to extend the cut up to 200 meters.
Scene: Birth of the Barrier Lance
Location: A misty forest clearing at dawn. Dew glistened on twisted branches. A strange stillness hung in the air — the kind that arrived only when something powerful was about to be born.
Enme Seiko stood tall, arms spread slightly, as 12 Sentinel Halo rings hovered — 6 over each shoulder now, perfectly symmetrical, pulsing with steady light. They moved with her breath, alive, bound to her soul.
A thirteenth ring — smaller, darker, and orbiting her spine — began to glow ominously.
[Sentinel Loadout: Dual Six-Wing Formation] [13th Ring Catalyst Detected…]
[Accessing Dimensional Shear…]
Enme's fingers twitched.
The 13th ring rotated faster, then split open space in front of her — a thin, vertical tear in the air — Dimensional Shear.
It didn't explode. It whispered.
Reality curved, and a void opened between two trees, like a wound in existence.
Enme (softly):
"Deliverance."
The 12 Sentinel Halos divided cleanly — 6 from her right shoulder, 6 from her left — and spiraled into the tear one by one. The rings didn't vanish. They merged, folded, and condensed into a single form.
The void pulsed once.
Then:
THRUMMMMMM
Out came a Lance — nearly as tall as Enme herself, forged from compressed Halo energy, encased in shimmering barrier glyphs that bled light.
Shaft: Translucent, carved from a lattice of dimensional glass and shimmering purple sigils.
Head: Razor-thin spiral, rotating gently with active compression.
Core: The 13th ring, now embedded at the hilt, still spinning.
It hovered in front of her, responding to her breath, like a living extension of her command.
Enme (reaching for it):
"You're not just a weapon. You're all of them — focused."
She gripped the handle. It didn't burn. It hummed with purpose.
[Skill Acquired: Barrier Lance - Phase I] Type: Spatial Piercer / Soul Impaler
Function: Formed by sacrificing 12 Sentinel Halos through Dimensional Shear ▌Effect: Returns automatically. Reforms rings upon impact.
Cooldown: 3 minutes between use.
She gave it a gentle thrust into the air.
It vanished instantly — folding into space like a dagger thrown into a mirror.
Seconds later, a shockwave pulsed through the trees. Birds scattered. A distant boulder, over 400 meters away, cracked in half without warning.
Enme (smirking):
"12 divided by 2 equals 1…"
She twirled the empty air as the 6 halos reappeared over her shoulders.
The 13th ring returned last — flickering back into orbit.
"…and one is all I need."
Location: Edge of a misty forest clearing, surrounded by crumbling stone wardens. The ground is scorched with faint glyphs — remnants of old sealing rituals. A dead stillness looms, waiting for a weapon to cut through it.
Enme Seiko stood barefoot in the field, her boots cast aside. Her arms hummed faintly with residual barrier current. The 12 rings of her Sentinel Halo floated quietly above her shoulders — six on each side.
In her hands, the Barrier Lance had formed again — sleek, weightless, humming with invisible tension.
Enme (under breath):
"…Disruptor Drive. Let's see what you do."
Her HUD flared softly:
LANCEFORM: DISRUPTOR DRIVE — ACTIVE
TYPE: Anti-Shield | Internal Disrupt
STATUS: Charged
She pulled the lance back like a javelin and narrowed her eyes on a distant monolith — reinforced with forgotten barrier wards. Normally unbreakable.
But this wasn't about breaking things.
It was about breaking what was inside them.
With a twist of her foot and a flick of her arm, she hurled the lance.
There was no sound.
The lance phased through the air like a ray of silence — flickering faintly, then vanishing into the stone.
Then the monolith convulsed — not shattered, not split, but crumbling inward like its soul had been scrambled.
EFFECT: Internal Disruption Successful
Passive Regen: Disabled
Channeled Memory Runes: Broken
Enme (watching the ripples fade):
"That'll ruin someone's day."
Lanceform: Disruptor Drive
Forms a glowing, high-velocity spear of condensed sealing force.
Phases through magical armor, bypassing physical resistances.
On successful strike:
Disrupts internal VYTHRA flow
Disables passives for 5 seconds
Interrupts channeling and disables energy recharge
Best for precision throws or close-quarters impalement
Enme reset her stance.
This time, she didn't throw the spear.
She flicked her fingers — and six more spears formed around her, spectral and pulsing.
Enme (raising her hand):
"Mirage Stinger."
The real spear hovered at her fingertips — nearly indistinguishable from the others.
In a single thrust, all seven lances launched forward in a spread arc.
Stone dummies were hit from all sides — only one was actually pierced, the rest merely staggered.
But even the illusions hit with psychic weight.
Several statues cracked just from mental shock.
One dummy, the one struck by the true spear, spasmed violently. A rune glyph on its chest short-circuited.
Target Stunned
Last Ability: [Mana Pulse] — Temporarily Locked
Enme (smirking):
"Hope they didn't need that."
Lanceform: Mirage Stinger
Summons a barrage of barrier spears, only one of which is real.
Illusions strike with mental force, inducing disorientation and breaking focus.
On real hit while illusions are active:
Stuns enemy
Seals their last-used ability for 5 seconds
Great for mind games, area denial, or baiting dodges.
As the dust cleared, Enme calmly walked forward, retrieving the real lance from the stunned stone statue.
She rolled her wrist, letting the Barrier Lance dissolve into her ring system.
Enme (stretching slightly):
"Not just a barrier princess anymore…"
"I'm the storm you can't see coming."