Chapter 79: Unexpected Guests

The mist breathed. It twisted in slow coils around the open field, its cold touch seeping into the ground, curling between, and swallowing the distant treeline into a veil of gray.

Somewhere within, I moved. Or at least, my mist clone did.

Clang!

The sound split the air as Jess's greatsword cleaved down, a burning arc of flame erupting from its edge, carving through mist. The blade should have struck true, should have split through.

But all it met was air.

A ripple ran through the fog, as my mist clone dematerialized an instant before impact. The weight of Jess's swing followed through, her momentum twisting her midair..

But she adapted.

With an unnatural grace, her foot caught nothing but sky faster, stepping onto the empty air as though the world itself had bent to her will.

Omni-Directional Movement.