I glanced at Zephyr as we tumbled through the air and watched him teleport mid-fall, reappering upright and landing gracefully on his feet. He continued sliding down the slope in a controlled manner, using the bone surface like a natural slide.
Show off.
I activated Interception Step, copying his move perfectly. My feet were just about to touch the smooth bone when-
WHAM.
An overwhelming pressure crushed down on me. My aura vanished, devoured by something unseen, and I crashed back-first onto the slope.
"Agh!"
"Aman!"
Above me, Zephyr tried to leap over my falling body, but the same invisible force slammed into him mid-jump.
His eyes widened in shock as he plummeted straight toward my head.
I rolled desperately. If his aura was sucked as well, he couldn't use teleportation.
Thud!
His body hit the bone surface where my skull had been a heartbeat before.
"The aura!" I gasped, the pieces clicking. "It's devouring our aura!"
