304 Battlefield

The beam of destruction hit and barriers erupted across the Reach. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Reach...

The Demis stood in shock. None knew where their protective barrier had come from. It was a miracle that they had survived the sudden, blinding flash. The goddess finally responded to their prayers. Olpi however, knew otherwise. She looked over at Cerlius's unconscious figure with mixed emotions. He had saved them, and he paid a heavy cost for it. 'I always knew that he was cut from a different cloth,' she thought. 'But to think he would be capable of a barrier spell. That's just...' She cast her thoughts aside. While the Demis tried to process what happened, she ran towards Cerlius.

Olpi was just as shocked as anyone else, maybe even more so, yet she moved. It was as if she had been through something similar before, in her worst nightmares.