-Kzzzt!
I popped out of the outer flow of time on the other side of the roots before spinning around on my heels to face the tiny opening just as the screeching goblin tsunami slammed violently into the other side of the pitch-black funnel.
The sickening crunch of their bones echoed through the narrow tunnel.
The sheer kinetic force of a thousand frenzied monsters pushing blindly from behind instantly crushed the goblins trapped at the very front against the reinforced roots.
I dumped forty mana directly into Ice Reinforcement, feeling the freezing wave crash through my veins.
The magic bonded to my physiology, dialing my cognition up superhuman degree while the frantic pounding in my chest smoothed out into a cold, calculated rhythm.
A fine mist of cold air wafted off my clothes while a thin, crystalline layer of frost rapidly encased my skin from my fingertips to my elbows, turning my body into a living superconductor for ice magic.
[Let's get serious…]
