Raghul's eyes widened.
The attack was coming from inside the very fumes that were supposed to have stopped Eli.
Raghul reacted immediately.
He raised a mass of energy tendrils between himself and the incoming sonic waves, forcing them to bunch together into a dense barrier that absorbed the brunt of the attack. Even though the sound waves never struck him directly, the vibration still passed through the tendrils and into the surrounding air, leaving his ears ringing and his senses momentarily disoriented.
Raghul instinctively covered one ear with his hand, his expression twisting as the lingering resonance made it difficult to properly judge his surroundings.
"Damn it."
He tightened his grip around his staff and thrust it forward.
Two dark fireballs erupted from its tip, each one swirling violently with compressed energy as they shot toward Eli, their surfaces churning with black flames that seemed to fold inward around a dense core of destructive power.
