"Expanding Shield!"
With that yell, Astensia's shield was violently pushed outward. The golden dome detonated, causing a shockwave that slammed into the Orc Shamans, throwing them off the crater's ridge and tumbling into the red dust.
Then the Cross Shield rapidly contracted, shrinking from a massive arena-wide dome into a compact, ten-foot sphere centered entirely around Lancet.
He was completely protected, but Astensia and Renan were entirely free to move.
Astensia immediately kicked off the baked earth, her heavy silver boots launching her directly toward a Shaman that was scrambling to its feet.
The skeletal beast hissed, thrusting its gnarled wooden staff forward. From the tip of the spear, an ice dagger shot directly at her chest.
Astensia fearlessly raised her left arm, angling her golden shield. The ice spear collided with the divine metal, shattering into a thousand harmless, freezing fragments.
