Humans Don't Make Good Familiars- Part 91

Suma’s POV

“Dodge!” Lauric yelled. I launched myself upwards, cutting off the spell, as one of the mage’s attacks blew the vines I was perched on to splinters. “Lady Suma, you must-“ Lauric was interrupted by an attack aimed at the crest. Once again, he blocked it, but the rock columns were still severely fractured; they probably couldn’t withstand many more hits, then our crest would be exposed. “You must attack!”

“I am trying!” I yelled back. “Flames, gather in my presence. Form and shape into a bolt to pierce my enemies… fly Crimson Bolt!“ I finally was able to cast a spell, and launched an attack of my own… which the enemy promptly dodged without much effort. “Fly, Crimson Bolt!” I yelled again and launched a second attack. This one was closer, but he still evaded it. Suddenly, a sound like thunder echoed in the distance; our team had begun its own attack. “Lauric,” I shouted, “I think that was Jake’s attack! We don’t need to win!”

“What are you talking ab-“ Another interception, but not a perfect one, two of the attacks got through this time; Lauric couldn’t catch as many now that he was nearly out of vines. Ever one of that mage’s attacks burns scores of them, and once destroyed.. Lauric can’t use them again. “Talking about? Why don’t we need to win?” Lauric finished, never breaking his gaze away from the mage.

“We just need to wait for Jake to finish, then I can summon him back and we can defeat this mage!”

“I do not believe we will be able to do that Lady Suma! At the very least, we won’t have a crest long enough to try it.”

“Fly, Crimson Bolt!” I launched another attack; this one clipped his wings. He was singed, but still flying. “I did it!” I called out excitedly.

“Lady Suma, you rely to much on your familiar, we can do this without him!” Just as he said that, the mage began a dive. He was aiming straight at the crest’s columns!

“Fly Crimson-“ Before I could finish, Lauric’s familiar suddenly appeared and attacked the mage with some kind of liquid from its mouth. I was camouflaged in a patch of grass, waiting for its moment.

“Agh!” The mage cried out and started flapping wildly, quickly losing altitude. He landed on the ground, still flapping and yelling.

“What was that spray?” I asked, landing beside Lauric.

“A powerful liquid that causes those affected by it to see strange visions.” He said as we watched the mage flap around on the ground.

“Get away, GET AWAY!” He yelled.

“Will he be okay?” I asked concerned.

“”Yes, the visions will stop soon, and if we heal him, they will be over even sooner. But we should restrain him first somehow.” Lauric stated.

“I will do it; you should try to replace the vines you lost.” I suggested. Lauric agreed, and fly to the nearest bundle of them. I went over to the mage and restrained him with nature magic by engulfing his body in soil, then doing my best to solidify it. After that I healed him, and he stopped screaming.

“What… happened?” The mage asked, finally settling down.

“You lost,” Lauric answered as he landed, having finished replacing his vines.

The mage sighed, “oh well, perhaps once my mind has fully cleared, I will be able to try again.” Truthfully, he did not seem as upset as I assumed he was going to be.

“You were a strong opponent,” Lauric said.

“Thank you, but if that’s what you think, I fear I may not get my chance to try again.”

“And why is that?” I asked.

“Because I am the only member of my team who wanted to attack. All of the others decided the best way to win was to guard the crest.”

“So, your whole team is still at your crest’s location?” I asked.

“Indeed, you other teammate and Sentinel have no-“ He was cut off by another crack of thunder in the distance, this time even louder. I flew up to try and get a better view, and what I saw made no sense.