Unchained Potential (The Whispering Crystals: A LitRPG Series Book 4) by H.C. Mills

Author:H.C. Mills [Mills, H.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: H.C. Mills
Published: 2022-06-03T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 27

Always gonna be an uphill battle

I had good hopes Dominique might stick around to gloat for a bit, but she barely spares us a glance before flying on.

Three quarters up the slope, Kaitlynn is beginning to have issues producing enough Astreum bombs to counter all of the projectiles launched by the six cannons gunning for her, and I see her quickly dodge one with a burst of yellow.

Gritting my teeth, I kick my tail and accelerate, overtaking her.

The pressure on my ability to dodge immediately seems to double as more cannons swivel my way, but it allows Kaitlynn the breathing room she needs to push forward.

We steadily fly further and further up the slope, but as we do, the distance between us and the cannons decreases.

Dodging becomes harder and harder, even with the two of us sharing the burden, but we can’t stop now, not with Dominique racing ahead.

If only there were more people to draw fire... Wait, that’s it!

The next time I dodge left, a flawless miniature copy of me—as I’m still shrunken down—goes right. The conjuration of this semi-sentient illusion sets me back a hefty 12 Espir, but it’s worth it.

The cannons immediately reconfigure, dividing their loving attention equally among the three of us.

I direct my clone to dart forward straight up the middle, and as expected it draws even more fire.

Kaitlynn rockets up the right side and I up the left.

She blasts another projectile to the side. It grazes her shoulder, but she flies on, reaching the top first.

The cannons immediately shift again. I dodge the first three point-blank shots but fail to see the fourth one coming.

Thanks to my swirl of Negative Inertial Energy, the cannonball to the face feels more like a basketball, but it still makes for a decidedly less than pleasant experience when my head snaps back and I’m sent spinning away.

Ooh, my head...

“Emma!” Kaitlynn yells.

I quickly stabilise and stick up a thumb to indicate I’m fine. Thankfully, my illusion held and—as it’s much farther up the hill than I—currently draws fire from about ten out of the twelve cannons.

I dodge an errant cannonball, wracking my mind for a solution, when Kaitlynn makes her move.

She lifts one of the Greysteel cannonballs that must’ve bounced back up off Dominique’s Boreum shielding, and with a burst of Astreum and a flash of yellow, hurls it at one of the ceiling-mounted cannons still pointed at me.

It misses the cannon, but hits the swivelling stone platform it’s mounted on.

A crack appears. I frown and move to the left. The cannon rotates to follow, but noticeably slower and accompanied by a new grinding noise.

Sweet!

“It’s working, keep going!” I yell as I start flying up again.

Kaitlynn manages to disable two more cannons by the time I make it up, slipping through the reduced pressure with relative ease.

As soon as I reach the top, I allow my boundary to expand to its normal size and call out for Kaitlynn. “Flight mode B!”

My clone fizzles even as she hops onto my back.

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