I looked up just in time to see Mavrik—the poison user—leaping down from a low branch, his eyes glowing a sickly green.
His body pulsed faintly as veins along his neck bulged and darkened, the air around him warping with a toxic shimmer.
His jaw unhinged slightly, wider than it should've been, and I saw the buildup of energy within his throat.
Then he spat out a thick stream of corrosive toxin, the liquid hissing midair as it streaked straight toward me.
Yeah, no. I wasn't taking that head-on. The thought of that poison getting anywhere near me—let alone touching my barrier—was revolting.
Instead, I activated [Mana Shield], and a faint shimmer of blue light snapped to life around me just as the toxin struck.
Ssshhh!
The sound was immediate and violent—the venom splattering against the barrier, eating away at it like acid on glass. The shield hissed and crackled, the surface warping under the corrosive pressure, but it held long enough.
