Aspiration to the Heavens: Becoming the Supreme Mage Vol 2- Descent of Darkness

Episode 69: Temporal Trickster

*Lei*

Wanikiya's ice dragon flew over to the Aziean who had knocked out the Toran girl. The draconic shaped spell stuck and froze the Aziean boy's back. But soon the ice was cut down by his fellow members. The young man turned around and removed his hood. He had short brown hair and pale blue eyes.

He grinned at his teammates. "Thanks, Asu, Oma," he said. He turned his eyes back toward Wanikiya. "For one who lost easily to the crown prince of Kyuu Seishin, your spell sure packs a punch. Or maybe that just shows how strong the fox prince is."

Wanikiya smiled as ice prana danced around his hand. "Well, not to sound as if I'm making excuses, but I was at an elemental disadvantage," the Wahkanian prince said, shrugging.

A pair of black angelic wings appeared out of the Azien boy's black. He flew into the air and summoned a white wand. He pointed the wand down at us. A dark purple energy gathered around the tip of the wand. The air around the forming sphere of darkness cracked.

Orion threw several of the needle-like knives into the air, hitting the sphere at several spots. The energy sphere crackled and absorbed the needles. He smiled and walked over to Nyima and me. "Sorry...I hope you don't mind me using your powers again."

I didn't like being treated as a shield or a source of magic to launch through time, but Orion had pulled through for us with the Toran girl.

"It's fine," I said, holding my hand out to him.

Nyima stopped healing me and prepared a water spell. "Just be sure not to get us nearly killed this time."

"I'll be more careful this time," Orion said, taking a hold of our hands. He closed his eyes. "Azie's members fight differently than that Toran girl."

Time slowed around us again. Water and electric dragons flew out of the black sphere and grabbed its caster.

"What?" the boy yelled. The Aziean boy struggled to stay afloat and fell like a stone. He shielded himself with darkness as he crashed into the forest.

Orion opened his eyes and looked at me as if impressed. "Wow, so this is your Fulgur Draco. Yuzuki did say that it was different from typical Fulgur Draco's. It's very powerful, especially when mixed with your Aqua Draco, Nyima."

I smiled. I was lucky that it hit. I was still trying to get my aim right.

Nyima patted his back. "So that's what you were up to with your weapons. That was a good strategy."

He looked at her as if puzzled. "You really do look like my mom."

"Huh?" Nyima said, giving him a confused look.

He looked away. "My big sis told me that during the break. You look like our mother, I hadn't noticed it but she was right. Though, perhaps it's to be expected as you're from the same clan as her."

"Wait, you're a Taiyang too?"

He nodded. He pushed Nyima out of the way and took a blow to the side. One of the boy's teammates had stabbed him with a spear.

The girl knocked him to the ground with the pole of the lance. "Give me the jewel!" she yelled.

Nyima nearly gave me away by turning to look at me, but she quickly glanced at the others.

"Asu," the other girl said. She was having trouble fighting off Zelde. Meanwhile, Wanikiya and Kun were fighting with the guy we had knocked down from the sky. "Hurry up and get the jewel from him!"