The Key to Breaking the Deadlock

A throwing axe hurtles straight toward me.

There’s no need to dodge.

A shallow gash to my shoulder can be erased with a single 'Heal.'

I stepped forward anyway.

“I won’t let you!”

Elena raised her hand reflexively.

A wall of ice rose up and caught the axe.

Shattered shards of ice danced through the air.

The copy, meanwhile—

unable to fully dodge Lisa’s axe, had its side shallowly cut...