Mirror Image only lasted forty seconds, which wasn't all that long. But thanks to the nimble Avatar girl's tireless running—and her deliberate use of all sorts of spells to escape—it was more than enough to put a long stretch of complicated terrain between her and her pursuers, keeping them from supporting one another for the time being.
"..."
Beneath Pandora's dense primeval jungle, where the canopy blocked out the sun and blue sky, leaving only scattered patches of light filtering through, little Annie was facing off against a Druid who had turned back into a Moonkin. She grinned triumphantly.
"Hehehe..."
(ˉˉ)
Annie was very pleased with herself!
After all her efforts and a little clever maneuvering, she'd finally managed to create another fair chance to take on someone one-on-one! Her only opponent now was the Moonkin in front of her, who looked a little goofy, a little flustered, and more than a little shifty-eyed.
If anyone else had been standing there, she might not have dared to stop. But this Moonkin? She wasn't afraid of him at all! During that brief standoff with the five of them, she'd noticed that this Druid seemed to specialize in healing.
And it went without saying how things would end when a healer went up against an Archmage like her.
"Pant! Pant!"
"!!"
"Oh, no..."
Charlatan Mengde eyed the little Na'vi girl in front of him. Her mana was surging, and she wore a sinister grin that made it clear she meant him no good. He couldn't stop worrying.
If he could do it all over again, he swore he'd never have chosen this route. He'd never have rushed ahead so fast that he accidentally got separated from that guy, Husky, and wound up facing this terrifying mage one-on-one!
Honestly, he couldn't understand it.