---- 124. MAGIC DEVOURING FLOWERS NYX I summoned my favorite weapon with magic, and just as he lunged at me, a huge, razor-sharp axe materialized in my hands. T swung the de toward him, grazing just millimeters from his fur -he''d think twice before attacking me head-on. But he was fast and slippery, sharp as hell. I rolled across the ground when heunched at me from a blind spot on my side Hit the cold stone hard, arms raised with the handle gripped tightly.
His open jaws mped onto the wood, jerking my arms back and forth. Twas about to kick him in the gut, but then something insane happened: The axe''s magic was being absorbed by the wolf. Something oozed out from his fur-ck root-like vines from some kind of nt, and they wrapped around the handle, disintegrating it at an rming rate. "What the hell is this?!" "NYX, STAY FOCUSED!" Aidan''s roar snapped me out of it. The axe vanished from my hands-along with my defense.When the Beta''s wolf went in for the win, I raised my elbow and ---- mmed it into his snout, stunning him for a few seconds. My kneended squarely in his stomach, forcing him back just enough for me to shift into mist and escape his trap. "so, it''s true..." I said, panting, standing a few meters from the powerful wolf. "You really can consume magic. In that case..." I paused, my eyes shing with excitement.
"Let''s see how much you can swallow..." I smirked, raising my hands and unleashing my power. The sky began to darken, shadows stretched across the ground, and a thickyer of dark mist began to surround the arena-and Vincent. He rushed toward me, realizing he couldn''t waste more time... But it was already toote. seek VINCENT "artemis, focus!" I shouted to my wolf, disoriented by the fog.
" Use your nose, find her!" "But she smells like everything around us!" he growled, frustrated, narrowing his eyes in the imprable darkness. "Then bring out the Devouring Flowers to clear all this damn shadow magic." I pushed him to use that dark power that had almost cost me my life.
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