Black Swarm by Ivan Kal

Author:Ivan Kal [Kal, Ivan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-09T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

Year 717 of the Empire — Kenos system

A battle raged on a hollow planet.

Ryaana flew through the skies, her mother following close behind and throwing fast moving balls of plasma at her daughter. Ryaana kept her shield active at all times even as she tried to evade. She managed to move out of the way of most of them, but one slammed into her shield from behind and nearly broke through. Ryaana was still not used to the fact that inside the Sha state she did not require energy to use Sha abilities. Instead, she needed only willpower. Her shield was only as strong as her mind was, and every time she used a Sha ability her mind got just a bit more tired.

Ryaana focused her mind on her abilities, ignoring her mother as best as she possibly could, considering she was throwing balls of plasma at her back. She visualized what she wanted to do, and then she flipped over, flying backward as she pointed her hands at her mother. For a moment she was surprised to see that Anessa had gotten so close, but then she released her attack. The air between them charged, and then a lance of lightning cracked between them. Ryaana grinned when she saw that her attack connected and her mother tumbled away in the air.

But her small victory didn’t last for long, as her mother recovered and was flying toward her even faster than before. Ryaana grimaced and then turned back around, heading down toward the peak of a mountain. She flew close even as she reached out with her power and grabbed hold of a large piece of stone. She ripped it out of the mountain as she flew and with a flick of her hand sent it flying back at Anessa.

Ryaana realized her mistake immediately.

She had used her power to rip and throw the stone and then relied on momentum and gravity to do the rest; her power no longer touched the stone. Ryaana felt her mother reach out to the now unprotected stone and pull at it. It accelerated toward her and curved around her before it flew off back at Ryaana—only her mother didn’t make the same mistake, and she kept her power coating the house-sized stone.

She could feel the stone coming, and just before it would have reached her, Ryaana flipped over in the air, turning around and putting her hands in front of her. A ball of disruptive energy exploded from her palms and struck the rock, spreading over it in a spider-web pattern before it disrupted its bonds and broke it apart.

Ryaana allowed herself a small inward cheer for her accomplishment, but already her mother had flown through the space the stone used to occupy and slammed into Ryaana’s midsection. With the wind knocked out of her, Ryaana lost concentration for a moment, even though in the Sha state she didn’t really need to breathe—but that moment of hesitation was enough.

Ryaana’s mother grabbed her by the arm and spun in the air before releasing Ryaana and flying down toward the ground.

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