He tried to teleport, but it was impossible. The crystal dust was resisting his use of magic. Fortunately, his law was still present, and he could still fly, so he tried to zip away from the cloud of crystal dust.
But the dust suddenly hardened around him, and it was as if he were trying to move beneath a frozen lake. The monster was finally using skills since the fight began instead of just shooting and controlling crystals.
'.....bad news!.....' Vale grunted as he struggled to get away. He wanted to change the law he was using, but he resisted because that seemed to be the only thing affecting the crystal monster.
A flash of light, and the monster was standing together with her in the dust of crystal, its shapeless face turned toward him. Vale could have sworn he saw it smirk.
Without waiting, Vale wanted to brute-force his way out, so he made the space between them explode with fire. A shockwave of heat ignited with a whoosh, but just as it appeared, it suddenly disappeared—
