Through the 12 Realms

Chapter 18: Frost Into Flames

"Let's see what 10% can do..." Alora said under her breath as she focused herself.

The more Alora focused, the easier it was to stand against Fiora's immense power. 

"It's already impressive enough to be able to stay standing under this pressure. But to be able to start fighting against it is incredible..." Fiora thought to herself as she saw Alora mustering strength. 

"I can still keep going!" Alora shouted to herself to boost her morale like a warcry. 

At this point, Alora could now stand up without any trouble against the pressure of Fiora's magic. Her magic power had also reached the point where it began to emit an outline around her body, burning a crimson red colour. 

After a few more moments of focusing, Alora's hair began to have streaks of fire flow through it, signalling she had reached her maximum power output.

"I guess this is my limit..." Alora said to herself. 

Her hair had burning streaks of crimson red flames weave through it and her body had a prominent crimson outline. Alora was now able to start moving against the immense pressure. 

"Here I go..." Alora muttered under her breath as she began to take small steps towards Fiora, who was still anchored in place 

"And now she can walk...I never expected this. Even if it's only a low amount of my power, it's still nothing to scoff at. She's much stronger than I thought." Fiora thought to herself. 

"Let's see how much she can do though." 

Alora was now beginning to move faster and faster towards Fiora until she had broken out into a sprint. Closing the distance between her and Fiora in a few seconds. 

Alora wound up her arm, readying it for a punch at Fiora. 

"Still too slow," Fiora said as Alora unleashed her punch, however, to no avail.

Alora's fist was met with emptiness as Fiora had suddenly disappeared without a trace.  

"Where did she go...?" Antoinette asked.

"Look behind Alora." Dagothur replied.

Alora quickly turned around behind herself, but she still saw no trace of Fiora. 

"Over here~" Fiora's voice rang from behind Alora once again. 

However, each time Alora turned around to find the source of the voice, she found no one but the spectators near the house. 

This repeated a few more times until Alora had begun focusing once more, closing her eyes and focusing herself.

"What's she doing this time I wonder~" Fiora thought to herself, still zipping around Alora's blindspots. 

"What's she doing?" Nattie asked.

"I have got no clue." Dagothur replied. 

All four of them watched Alora who was deep in focus. 

"Feel...the flow. Feel the flow of the wind, feel the vibrations of sound..." Alora thought to herself over and over as she focused on the sensations around her. 

"Found you." 

A split-second later, Alora had launched a bolt of crimson flames towards Fiora, who had no time to avoid it. She quickly guarded herself with her arms and met the full force of Alora's attack. 

"What!?" Fiora yelled before she was quickly flung back a few meters by the strength of the bolt.

"What the!?" Dagothur also shouted out in shock.