[My Art] Help from the Outside (2/3?) (Pixiv Fanbox)

C'mon Haley. Taking out the caster first is like rule #1 of magical engagements.

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The quintessential hero, strong, cunning, and always looking out for their friends. All virtues Haley could only dream of. I watch as the brazen redhead charges headlong into the hulking woman, filling me with the sort of joy that only comes from outplaying your opponent. I casually inch my way toward Sarah standing ready to help her friend.

She doesn't notice me until it's too late. I tend to have that effect on people.

"H-Haley! Wait Kat's—"

I knock the wind out of her with a swift check into the utility box behind her. Wasting no time with the reserve of magic I still had left over after the summoning; I grip her tightly and shove my palm directly into her face.

"~Ahn! Again! With a little extra oomph behind it next time. Unless you're ready for me to take my turn?" The girlish moan sounds odd coming from a woman with a deeper voice. Almost comical. She seems to be enjoying the punishment Haley's delivering.

"Hey, Sarah!? Now's a good time for that support!" Haley backs away from the zombie a tad, waiting on the support that wasn't coming.

I channel the remainder of my magic into shrinking Sarah. It's a process that takes a bit but is a hell of a lot more convenient than the poison I'd used before. Sarah's arm tenses as the effect begins to take hold.

"And this is why you take the caster out first, idiot."

A near-silent plea for help is all Sarah can muster as Haley realizes the mistake, she'd just made by ignoring me.

A mistake she was about to pay for dearly.

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