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Mariana decided that burning alive wasn’t enough to stop her from popping out of cover and ripping the air apart with her ability again.
Charlie lost an arm fleeing back the way he came. Mariana tossed a grenade after him and then dropped to the floor, trying to pat the flames out as she rolled.
‘You didn’t get him,’ Shenado told her in private. ‘He’s by the northern stairwell. I’m not sure what his power is yet, but it seems like an alteration type.’
Pushing him back would have to do. If he really did have alteration, then he would probably try to keep his distance from her, and she simply didn’t have the time to deal with that right now. The western hall needed its turrets first. Half-scorched, she picked herself up and ran as hard as she could.
‘Too late. Go to your right.’
That led to the kitchen. Mariana immediately saw the enemy servant entering from the western hall, and she destroyed half the room with her attack. The bulky man tried to cancel it out with his own path of destruction, but it certainly didn’t go in his favor. Her path plowed through his and claimed an arm and a chunk of his ribcage. While he staggered from the impact, she launched another wave. He tried to dodge this one, but having anticipated as much, Mariana’s closed fist opened into a hook-shape. Her path curved mid-flight and obliterated the rest of the man’s body, save only his head. She didn’t hesitate to grab him by his long black bangs and carry him off with her.
Rather than returning to the courtyard again, she elected to go straight to the panic room.
‘There are only three left,’ said Shenado. ‘Two coming in from the courtyard, plus Charlie from the front.’
Three was a much more manageable number, of course, but Mariana knew better than to relax too soon. If these three had survived her booby-traps, then they were probably the strongest of the seven. And there was still the matter of the others coming back to life if she let this fight drag out too long.
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'obliterated the rest of the man’s boy'
ReplyDeleteboy -> body
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Hector told that paths of destruction could only go in straight lines?
ReplyDeleteFixed, thank you.
ReplyDeleteGarovel never said it was a "straight line." (Unless I goofed and then forgot about it, which is always possible)
ReplyDeleteYou may be thinking of page 399, where Garovel says this:
‘The path projects outward from the user, kind of like a drill. It’s easier for it to move forward and backward than horizontally. Positioning and direction are both very important for destruction users.’
"he would probably try [to] keep his distance from her"
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be funny if when she was done, she collected all the heads and had a rainlord with a skill like hector encase them in a block of something to strong for the bodies to grow back. Even if the reapers get away, They will have to release there servants and start from scratch.
ReplyDeleteFixed, thank you.
ReplyDeleteA lot of info in this is need to know and anything can happen when dealing with the Elroy I guess.
ReplyDelete?!?!?!?
ReplyDeleteShe curved it?! She curved the bullet!
Mariana is badass. I'm trying to think who's more badass, her or Lynn.
How old are they again?
ReplyDeleteCause anyone older than Hecter is generally a new character with the exception of a few.
I keep imagining Mariana as like an eighty year old grandma doing backflipsm as she takes out like seven servants