"So you've awakened," stated Magda as Wintrin looked up, "Just as well, I have taught Mia all that I can about her power. She must now learn how to weild the other half of her power."
"Isn't it a little soon for that? I mean he has just recently recovered from that asault," asked Kayura concerned.
"We do not have time to waste, Mia must complete her training as soon as possible. I don't know if you have noticed it but the barrier that protects Celine has been steadily failing for the past hour," warned Magda. Wintrin's eyes widened as he realized this was true, he had been unable to sense the change as he had been unconcious for over an hour.
"Using ice magic is very similar but different than fire. You can easily call it the same way you summoned the power of fire, only try concentrating on the ellement of ice. This is obviously easier said than done," began Wintrin, he gained a few looks of surprise as this was the longest he had ever spoken at a normal volume, by this time everyone had gotten used to his near whisper speach. After he said this Mia began to attempt to call forth her other powers while Kayura still looked concerned about Wintrin.
As Mia trained Sage spoke to Magda about the barrier.
"How much longer do we have until the defense fails?" asked Sage.
"Barely two hours. He has been steadily attacking the defenses quite a while, he would have never been able to locate the shard if it had not already been damaged."
"I should have known that he would attept something like this," said Calisto.
"It was unavoidable. She has now been trained in using her gift and that alone is enough to temporarily set him back. But he does not intend to give us much more time than we already had. The day is almost gone, at night fall the barriers of Celine will fail. You must leave before then. Regardless of her training's completion, you all must leave within the next hour."
Laith looked down at the massive army surrounding Celine. The shimmer of magic that surrounded the city seemed to falter and fade.
'Something isn't right. Why would Erion attack Celine now? It's not like he would feel any threat from the City of Sorcere, would he?' he thought as he unsheathed his blade and began to wait. If Celine was going to fall he would make sure that his forces suffered as many losses as he could give them. After all it was he who had caused her death and then killed her entire family, including the child all those years ago.