Veranesh kept chanting. Soon enough, his opponent would figure out the truth.
“Where is she?” Arujhan roared, and turned toward the only visible opponent. Without waiting for an answer, he launched into the air and descended.
The barrier trembled around Veranesh with the impact of Arujhan’s weight and claws. Arujhan pounded, raked at it, intending each strike to fell the magic protection, but it proved more resilient than expected. Though that didn’t mean the barrier wasn’t weakening; with each strike, each powerful s***h of his claws, Arujhan was one moment closer to ripping his opponent apart.
Veranesh had no time to figure out how to strengthen it. Despite his gloating about learning new tricks, he hadn’t studied whether yalari could use barriers as effectively as humans. So instead,
