Match Long Due
Reflecting on the close call and what had just transpired, Orion couldn't help but acknowledge the danger he had narrowly evaded. Had he been even a fraction of a second too late in utilizing his mana dominance, to dissipate the magic from those knights weapons, he would have been indeed cleaved into pieces.
The earlier explosion had been Orion's most destructive magic, depleting a one third of his mana reservoir. The dome of flames he'd conjured still sapped his remaining mana at an alarming rate, but it had achieved its intended purpose – buying him a precious moment to assess and recover his injuries
However, his relief was short-lived as, suddenly, all his fiery defenses vanished into thin air. The formidable flames, which bore the essence of a wyvern's will, dissipated as though extinguished, revealing Orion's wounded form to his adversaries once more.