Caius took advantage of Cynthia being so taken by his spell to put even more distance between them as his mind tried to devise a plan.
If Cynthia could get close to him to bypass the Third Circle limit then he had even less of a chance to win than he did earlier. And that was already slim.
Using his mana to cast movement spells to always run away was getting old fast. His reserves were running low and his physical energy was starting to wane. So much for being efficient and 'making every attack count'. The electrocution had done a number on him.
He had spells he still hadn't used but there really wasn't any point. This was not about versatility. It wasn't about spell-casting ingenuity. He was really just… screwed.
Cynthia let her water shield disperse into nothing and the water on the ground and on Caius's clothes from her water-pillar spell was turning into mana as the spell's active time had run out.
