Aisha, watching the knights charge towards the immobilized Cassius, felt a surge of triumph.
'He's trapped!' She thought. 'There's no way he can escape now!'
She was already imagining the victory celebrations, the relief on the faces of her surviving comrades, the justice that would finally be served.
But then...Her blood ran cold.
Cassius, instead of panicking, simply...smiled. And then, with an effortless grace that defied the situation, he moved.
It was as if the earth around him wasn't hardened soil, but mere sand. He flexed his muscles, and the giant earthen hands that held him crumbled, their grip broken.
He ducked his head, narrowly avoiding Skadi's claws as she swooped past him.
Skadi, her attack thwarted, let out a frustrated growl.
'How...? How did he break free?'
She had never seen anyone, not even the strongest beastkin warriors, escape from Aisha's earth attack like that.
It was...impossible.
