A pulse of mana surges from his body. He slams the staff against the ground, casting [Frozen Domain], a Tier 3 skill.
The temperature drops instantly. The air crystallizes, and the stone beneath their feet turns slick with ice. Sorin moves to shift her weight, but her footing betrays her—her boots skid against the frozen surface.
The mage smiles. "Slowed already?"
Sorin exhales. She expected this.
A lesser assassin might struggle here, but she isn't just any assassin.
She activates [Phantom Step], a Tier 3 buff skill. Her entire body becomes weightless, her movements unhindered by terrain. She dashes forward as if skating across the ice, closing the gap in a heartbeat.
Her daggers gleam.
[Dagger Art: Phantom Strikes]—a Tier 3 skill.
A flurry of attacks follows, too fast for the eye to track. She slashes at every vital point—throat, wrists, heart, lungs.
But—
[Frost Warden's Aegis]. A Tier 3 defensive spell.
