Kaeni blazed towards the wyvern, a wake of flame trailing behind every step. She left an afterimage of glowing fire as she charged forwards. The sudden burst of energy, tapping into her soul’s inner powers - the momentum of it consumed the fear that had kept her locked down moments ago. It was as though she’d become the truest, most complete version of herself.
The wyvern was slashing left and right with its claws, retaliating against each of the acolyte’s attacks. The force field was weaker now, but still present - its attacks seemed to get faster and faster the closer she drew to it. Other than the likes of that explosion or Avi’s terrifying beam of pure energy, no ranged attacks seemed to stand a chance against this thing - it didn’t even have to dodge them if they got close enough.
That left only direct attacks as an option. Kaeni flipped out a knife as she approached, darting in a blinding zigzag to draw out the claw, then leapt over it sideways to kick down to the ground and slide beneath its chest. Its attack came at tremendous speeds, but she could still read the burning energy flowing throughout its body - just enough to avoid the swipe.
Her energy condensed and focused, becoming a momentary pinprick in the palm of her hand. Transferring her powers like that was dangerous, even just for the instant it took to do so: all the energy within her for that one splinter of time had become allotted to the knife, heating it to beyond even the likes of her own blood for the next several seconds. Supplemented by the momentum from her dash and dive, Kaeni grasped the knife in both hands to drag it across the underneath of the wyvern’s chest.
It worked. A gash opened, leaking blood. She twisted to her feet and darted out from underneath the wyvern just before it slammed downwards, grinding on her heel to strike again at its claw. The instants of directing her powers, taking aim, and slashing out would appear blinding to any ordinary person.
But nobody here was really all that ordinary.
“Its field…” Had they weakened it? No, that couldn’t be it - the wyvern still attacked them with incredible speed and precision for a creature of that size. Even with her own attacks, she could only barely keep up with it. “Can’t be… nullifying…”
Another slash. Kaeni twisted to the side and slashed back at the claw that tore up the ground where she’d just been standing.
“The arrows were harmless because we were still on the other side…” Her knife gashed across the wyvern’s talons, nearly lopping off one of them entirely. “To us they seemed slow… but now that we’re here it just seems fast.”
It was a relativity thing. They couldn’t harm it from outside - a foolproof power, seemingly, for a creature capable of flight.
Not so anymore.
“Keep going!” Kaeni shouted with another leap and another slash - as if she had to say that in the first place.