Lightning cracked across the shattered ground as the knight attaacked. His blade cleaved the air like a thunderbolt, divine energy trailing in its wake, aimed straight for Apophis's neck.
She didn't move. Not at first. Then, with the ease of a falling leaf, she tilted her head.
SWOOSH!
The blade missed by a breath. Apophis's hand flicked outward,
BOOM!
Black liquid surged up from the cracks beneath them, slamming into the knight like a tidal wave. He raised his sword just in time, lightning exploding in a dome around him, the two forces clashing with a screech of pressure that cracked the stone beneath.
Ben stumbled back from the shockwave, eyes wide. The entire airspace trembled from the collision of divine force and abyssal magic.
The knight roared. "I won't let you corrupt him!"
His feet burned with holy fire as he kicked off the ground again, lightning spiraling down his blade. He struck from above, a meteor of divine fury.
