Resolve

Shaken by the crystal flying towards her at a blinding speed, the flames following it unspellable, and her instincts screaming at her, Selena panicked.

Instead of keeping her focus on securing Eldrian, she summoned her strongest defensive spell to protect herself. 

Eldrian used that split second of panic to escape. He had no confidence in killing the scarlet haired vampire, but to escape would not be too difficult. Not with the plans he had long since laid. 

As she focused on the crystal heading for her, her own spell obstructing her vision. Eldrian took a smaller crystal to quickly recover his own mana. Which he then used to teleport to Ceph, who he informed via Elizabeth to send him the request. 

When Eldrian arrived amidst the players, scurrying around to get all the rescued slaves to move, the pain finally hit him in full.