75 The fight against the gods

Before Erebus can think further through his chain of thoughts, the aura from Phanes's body releases a gust of wind that sweeps over the floor of the chamber. Since she knows that talk is not going to make Maya release the souls, she would have to do it by force!

Phanes grips tighter onto the spear of light. She disperses the light from the spear by striking it into the ground. Like the deep sound of a drum, the sound echoes through the room. 

She bursts towards them. With just the time of an eye blink, she closes in, ready to thrust the spear towards Maya. However, in the nick of time, Ian strikes the spear upwards before it reaches the target. 

Phanes widens her eyes in shock as she loses grip on her spear, and the spear flings up while rotating. 

'What a monstrous strength!' Phanes thinks as she tries to regain her balance, 'I have underestimated him due to his shy personality.'