The Arcane Guardians Chapter 33: Chapter 29: New Beginning, Old Friends

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Fun Fact: Deities are highly respected, since their magic powers fundamental parts of society, despite the barriers separating their realms. They cannot be summoned directly from their alternate planes of existence, but a shade of their true form can still be called upon by Shamans, Warlocks, and Clerics. As such, temples do not exist in this world. ~ ~ ~ Explosions singed the air with the musky smell of sulphur. The ground shook, accompanied by roars of defeat as a row of huge humanoid-looking rocks collapsed. Never-ending waves of those magically-conjured entities shuffled towards the heavily outnumbered Magis. Yet, lightning bolts and fireballs continued crackling through the air; the Magis weren’t keen to let up just yet. “Three minutes left! Come on, guys. Not too many golems left! We can do this!” Meta Felix Pagonis called out to his teammates. His glowing eyes swept across the forest surrounding him, keeping his telekinetic focus on his foes. Any moment now… “Behold!” An enthusiastic voice caught his attention. “The divine Star Shatterer!” Felix took the cue to stretch out his hand. Pink energy wrapped around the remaining golems as he dragged them right under the Magi’s spell. A burst of orange reflected off his irises as he watched the Sorcerer bring down a huge meteor of fire onto the unfortunate arcane entities. He hissed, emitting a psionic shield around his team. Surrounding trees vaporised as the shockwave that followed the devastating explosive spell threatened to overwhelm the pink dome. Thankfully, it did not have nearly enough power to scratch the shield. After all, the Tier Five psychic had fully recovered his power since he lost ninety per cent of it just a year ago. “Nice, two minutes left!” Felix burst from the ground. Fresh air hit his face, and he took the chance to gulp it into his lungs greedily. He closed his eyes, focusing his telekinetic senses as he scanned the area for the anomaly. There! Wind rippled through his bright pink cape as he darted forward at a blistering speed, closing in on his target in less than a second. “Sorry about this!” he yelled, hand outstretched. Bodies of still struggling Magis punched out of a nearby warehouse, cushioned by a pink shield. Thin strips of metal ripped themselves out from the nearby gates and bound them to the ground. The hostiles were down. Time to rescue the hostage. The psychic focused his telekinetic senses again, although he felt nothing else this time. Felix narrowed his eyes, looking at the seemingly empty building. This place was definitely his target, so why couldn’t he feel the hostage’s physical body? He pressed a finger to his ear, activating his comms line. “Phantom to Alpha. I cannot sense our target. Request to double confirm hostage location.” “ Raven to Phantom. Location is positive. Arcani scans show that the hostage has been magically transfigured into gas. ” Is that even allowed? “How long until the spell expires?” Felix checked his timer. One minute left. “ Ten minutes. ” He pursed his lips as he racked his brains for a solution. Transfiguration magicks were usually temporary, but time wasn’t exactly on his side now. His teammates were still too far away distracting the golems, so waiting for someone to come up with a counterspell was out of the question as well. He was on his own. Felix gritted his teeth, breaking into the warehouse anyway. Sure enough, a light blue gas was swirling around the empty room. He glanced at his timer again. Ten seconds. No time to do this elegantly. So he furrowed his eyebrows in concentration, squeezing his fist. His eyes lit up with power. “I… have you!” Felix’s voice broke into a roar as the telekinetic pressure on the gas increased by a hundredfold, forcing it to change its state. And then he spotted it. It was minuscule, but it was enough for him to make contact. Felix lunged towards the small spot of wood and grabbed it firmly. A gust of wind rippled around his cape as his psychic powers broke through