Seeing the barrage hurtle toward him, the Magus grinned.
His mana surged.
Black aether erupted from within him.
The air warped and the ground shivered.
Crack.
The earth split beneath his feet.
With a deafening roar, walls of stone rose skyward in rapid succession.
They layered over each other until they looked like a fortress.
At the same time, runes flared across the dome's surface.
Barriers of shadow and lightning formed, crackling with layered wards.
"Come then!" the Magus roared under the growing storm.
The first layer hit.
A storm-spear of fire, ice, and lightning slammed into the dome.
The outer shell buckled, blistered, and cracked, but it held.
The second layer followed.
Elemental arrows rained down.
Some were absorbed by the barrier.
Others pierced into the cracks and detonated, shaking the base of the dome.
Then the third, fourth, and fifth layers crashed down.
Each wave landed with relentless force.
Explosions ripped through the walls.
