Broken Shackles

"Then let us sign our contract."

"…!"

Iris's eyes snapped open as she returned to reality, and she felt an insurmountable amount of power awakening inside her. It was nothing like what she had ever experienced before, but it felt good. Warmth flooded through her veins, and her mana was instantly restored to full and was still growing in capacity.

"… Heh."

Iris smirked as the power entered her body, then preemptively cut the air with her hand. A crescent-shaped concentration of energy shot out of her fingertips and soared towards the incoming Specters, piercing straight through Finn's shock field and completely unaffected by the lightning.

Upon hitting the first Specter, the projectile split into multiple smaller ones, then those divided as well. In an instant, the hundreds of Specters about to fall on Finn and Iris were eliminated, reduced to nothing but ashes.