Birth of an anomaly [4]

Few moments ago,

When that attack landed on the vampire.

Kathrine quickly took out her ring which she was wearing in her ring finger.

She pressed it's center and a portal came into sight.

She carefully covered her son using a silk cloth.

Pursing her lips she stepped into the portal.

She was feeling guilty for abondaning the priestesses but she knew it was her only choice.

One last time , she peeped behind, and her heart sank at the sight.Two dead bodies were lying on the floor with their skin burned , mouth agape and popeyed eyes.

It was a gruesome sight.

Anger was seething inside her but_

She restraint herself.

Biting her lips she turned back and closed the portal.

A moment later,

She appeared inside a dense forest.

The forest was weirdly quite for unknown reasons.

She was looking for Draven but after appearing into the forest.

She wondered, 'Why would he come to this forest leaving the palace alone'

After fighting alongside Draven many times she knew he won't do anything without any valid reason so she didn't mind it.

She could slightly sense his presence near her.

And was happy that he wasn't that far.

But for why she is looking for Draven is_

Because-

Draven was best choice of course in this situation, she thought he could easily handle that bastard and give him his own treatment.

She quickly looked around for any dangers and heaved a sigh of relief after not finding any movements.

But there was something more.

Forest was silent _

No.

It was deadly silent.

It was unsually made quit by someone.

But who.

Could it be any monster?

Or a person?

Her eyebrows twitched at that thought.

She felt wrong about standing there so, she began to move heading towards Draven Right away.

While running several scratches were being made on her beautiful gown.

But she didn't care.

She only thought of running.

huff...hufff.

Her breathing became heavy bit by bit increasing non-stop but _

She didn't cared.

She kept running

Being mage her physical stats were not high like warriors or knights and on top of that her condition was also weak so running was incredibly difficult for her.

Her legs were slighty trembling due to non stop running.

But_

She continued nonetheless.

Puff.....puffff..hufff

Her breathing was becoming heavier with passage of time and her legs were losing their strength.

Not minding them any second,

She gritted her teeth and moved even faster.

She had used certain spell on her son so that his mind would be unconscious.

After some minutes of running,she sensed Draven more clearly.

Wishing that she would meet him before that vampire catch up she rushed forward.

But_

Her hope shattered the very next moment.

Suddenly, a dark figure appeared in front of her .

Her eyes stunned and she stopped in her tracks.

Her face became pale.

Identifying the individual.

Only one thought crossed her mind.

'Fight'

There was no other option than to fight him now.

Her condition was not good due to which her strength was considerably low.

Most of the mana drained the moment she gave birth.

Fighting like this would be Suicidal.

But she won't step back now and face him .

Without much thought she started gathering her little bit mana that was left .

A mother would do anything for her son's life.They wouldn't even mind dying for it.

Kathrine also just became a mother and could feel that natural protectiveness.

But before she could gather her mana and attack,the vampire's hand moved and formed a lightning arrow with his magic .

The arrow's size was considerably large like a person's height and the attack power it was emitting could easily destroy half of the city.

It seemed that vampire was angry for some reason .

And was venting his anger on her.

That attack could kill them instantly.

Seeing the arrow Kathrine didn't panic , having faught countless battles with the risk of life she became immune to it.

She was just worried for her son's life and with that she _

stopped channeling her mana .

Swiiiirl!!!

Air around her started to change .

The temperature of the forest decreased significantly.

Chilling blue aura materialized around her body and she closed her eyes.

Her expressions became serious like concentrating on something.

A moment later she opened her eyes and muttered:

SOUL Technique*

Ice manipulation ~[Glacier Authority]!

A brilliant shade of blue light danced in the air and large amount of ice came out of nowhere and formed a shell type structure around her, covering her and her son's body.

Under the light of moon it shined brightly and emmited an undefined devine aura.

From the looks of it , thickness and hardness of the ice seemed high.

And also highly durable .

Then _

The crystalline and circular shaped glacier shooked and stabilized itself.

On the surface of the Glacier, sharp needles large in sizes began to float .

Ready to be launched at any moment.

Kathrine blinked and slowly put her child on the ground.

"...."

Sadness was evident on her eyes .

In a moment,

She turned aside and

Then_

A mouthful of bood came out of her mouth, she broked into her knees while caughing and holder her stomach.

Using this attack had greatly damaged her internal parts .

Her whole body was in pain.

But she endured it.

She clutched her hand on the ground and took a deep breath then she moved her knees upward to stand up.

With trembling hands shewiped the blood from her mouth and glared at the vampire.

"You! Come at me."

Her statement was filled with anger and wanting to cut his body into pieces.

Her eyes were fully focused on him.

With determined look she moved her hand from inside the glacier.

Immediately all needles pointed towards only one direction.

The vampire who was watching this scene in awe came to his senses.

He didn't thought that this woman would come up with this type of stunt.

He had heard many things about glacier authority.

But it was first time his seeing it.

He felt jealousy and anger at the same time.

Because he didn't have any innate technique.

He was unable to create one with the use of soul essence.

Why?!!

Because he is not talented enough.

Only certain individuals have what it takes to achieve it.

So he could only increase his attack's strength using soul essence.

And that was what he did.

He composed himself and closed his eyes just as she did .

A moment later,

He opened his eyes and mumbled under his breath:

Soul essence manipulation

-Increasing output ~{Divine arrow}

And_

His attack's colour started to change, in a moment it became darkish purple.

Entire forest trembled with its shockwaves causing the air to bent .

Many tree's instantly burnt and turned into charcoal powder.

But it didn't have any effect on Kathrine ,who was safely standing inside the glacier.

Tension in the air seems to be rising, two massive attacks could collide at any moment.

In the midst of it , forest seemed to hold it's breath giving enough space to them .

Both were staring at each other with hawk's eyes, ready to launch their attack at any moment.

Kathrine took a deep breath and calmed herself.

The pain she was enduring was still there .

But it didn't affect her strong mind.

Both glared each other in hatred one last time and _

With little movement they pointed their index fingers towards themselves and said in unison :

Move!!!!.