35 Hidekazu Furious ki from Lacotl and the other majyu battled in the back of Hidekazu’s senses; the heat of a fireball or the surging electricity of a wind majyu. But those blasts of energy paled compared to the compounding pressure of the shishajya dragging him through the caves. He wanted to ask the spirit where she was trying to go. What they were sensing. His tongue was leaden in his mouth, thick as if swollen. The tapping in his head grew into a constant pounding so intense he couldn’t think at all “A-are you feeling this ki?” he rasped. Aihi and Masanori shrugged. Hidekazu blinked sweat out of his eyes, and he thought he was hallucinating when a glowing red line marked the earthy threshold into a cavern beyond. The detection spell was similar to what his parents had used to ke

