"Huuf..."
Crrrrkkk...!
The soil under Gray's boots tightened first, then the thorned vines behind the princess leaned inward as if they had been waiting for permission.
Fwoop!
She shot towards Gray instantly.
A straight charge, spear low, crimson mana bursting from her heels hard enough to split the wet ground behind her.
Gray read the line of her shoulders before the spear finished its path and stepped left, but the soil grabbed his right boot and held it half a second too long.
THUNK!
The spearhead tore past his ribs instead of through them, still close enough to open his coat and leave a burning line across his side.
"Hissh!"
Gray hissed, ripped his foot free, and Swap-marked a thorned vine above her left shoulder before the next thrust arrived.
"[✧Swap✧]"
His body left the soil and appeared in the air behind that vine.
The spear punched through empty space and sank into the domain floor with a wet, heavy sound.
SHLUK!
