Chapter 401 There was no time to seal the opening with a third wall. From outside the temple, Treius grinned as his spell invaded the small space between the pillar and the conjured walls.
’It’s too late to Blink away. With the walls around him and the incoming attack, he can’t visualize an exit point. Checkmate!’ His smug expression disappeared when he noticed that the Ranger was taking to damage. Wave after wave, the lightning ring surrounding the main temple faded away, yet Lith was unscathed.
’After the orc shaman used the crystal to unleash real lightning against me, I knew I had to come out with a solution. Luckily, a Faraday’s cage is as cheap as effective.’ Lith thought while inside a bell shaped copper mesh large enough to give him some person space.
’This doesn’t make sense. How can metal protect from lightning?’ Treius couldn’t believe his own eyes. The flimsy grate had withstood all of his attacks.
Lith put the cage back inside his pocket dimension before flying out of the window that was in the opposite direction of his opponent. With the Gatekeeper in his hand, he circled around the castle walls while preparing a new set of spells.
Treius was outraged. Even after witnessing his power, the Ranger wasn’t running away. He had the gall of thinking he could actually win. Treius opened a Warp Steps leading right behind Lith. Each finger of his left hand crackled with the energy of a different spell ready to be released.
The moment Lith saw the Warp Steps forming on the other side of the building, he turned around and spotted the exit point. On the other side, there was a young man about twenty years old.
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