Buy Me Time

"I will end you. . . ALL OF YOU!!!" the crazy King roars. I feel fear running up and down my spine.

"Zuriel," I say. "are you free of his spell?"

"Not quite." He's squirming and that means he's forcing himself to even just stand.

"But I destroyed his book."

"His Legendary Skill doesn't depend on his grimoire, you dummy."

"Oh."

"Here he comes."

He shoots a huge laser beam at us. I deflect it successfully with my Anthropic Shield—the first time I used it against a real enemy. It's grey and only level one but can fend off this huge attack.

"Good job," says Zuriel as he jumps out of the barrier to shoot a laser beam from his hands.