Because of Araeyn's advantages, he managed to reach Hope before the Mad Bishop.
The moment he touched the downpour of purple haze, however, barking sparks poured, along with a grating noise, as though metal was being cleaved through by an equally metallic substance that spun to shred its obstacle!
Replicus' sockets blazed.
In addition to the fact that Araeyn was unaffected by the Siphoning Axis, Replicus had sent him forth because he, much like the Curses, had a passive protection against physical attacks around him.
[Inverted Boundary].
Anything that approached Araeyn would be transported elsewhere.
The Apostle pushed against the falling despair, and in a matter of seconds, even though the friction, likely born from clashing energies, increased, he passed through.
Araeyn looked at Hope with the dark holes on his face.
The Curse looked hideous.