If the creator wasn't busy then it would remark on how utterly stupid it was for not giving the zōin? a healthy flight or fight response, as all A'sshaka thought about when staring down what could easily be her permanent death was if she could take all three before succumbing to her inevitable injuries. Not wasting time on defense when they could easily bite through her mana shield at full power let alone with the thirty one mana she currently had, she chooses to go full offense. She does however take the time during her casting of spirit bolt to also activate guidance and bless. Guidance helped her or a target with aiming an attack. Bless slightly helped her or a target’s next action. The bolt leaps from her outstretched fingers, her back arms able to make the gestures themselves. It races across the quickly shorting distance between predator and prey, striking the left shoulder of the middle tho'terra. The bolt leaves a deep puncture causing the creature to falter and lag behind its companions. A'sshaka aims at the one on the left and does something very dumb. Using all six of her hands and pulling on guidance, bless, and mana manipulation while bottoming out her mana. A'sshaka attempts to dual cast spirit bolt with the enhancements on both. The symbols flare to life as her fingers dance and twist forming the arcane words that can bend reality to her will. Her willpower tanks leaving only 4 points. Tears of blood fall down her face as the circle completes and the bolts fire from. With a roar A'sshaka launches the twin bolts at her target, the pale blue bolts now tinged with a red aura screamed across the short distance. One bolt slams right into its beak, staggering it. The other slides along its neck singeing the skin before striking the crest between neck and torso. The notification light flashes in the corner of her vision but she ignores it. The tho'terra she struck with the double bolts tumbles through the air, flying past her and crashing into the mountain side with a sickening crunch. The unharmed tho'terra slams into A'sshaka, the only thing saving her from being impaled by its beak being a slight adjustment at the last moment. The beak still cuts a gash in her side, slicing through her soul shell and causing an ectoplasmic substance to leak from her side. A'sshaka screams in pain as she starts to rip her claws into the creator. The tough leather skin resists her claws only allowing shallow cuts. They slide across the mountain side. As she feels the pseudo flight of her spirit form trying to pull her down A'sshaka abandons her attempts to slit the creature's throat and instead rakes the thinner leather of its wings. She musters the dregs of her willpower to force her flight to allow her to flip over the creature and let gravity rip her claws through the wings membrane as she falls. Thankfully the fall wasn't far and she only drops about fifteen feet with a grunt and a middle heart attack as her claws fail to find perches for a moment. A'sshaka stands up and turns in time to see the bastard that injured her careen into the forest below. Just as she's about to pull up her notifications something slams her into the ground. As she struggles to turn around, talons claw at her smokey lower half eliciting a different kind of pain. It was dull but seemed to sap her awareness. Sacrificing another gash on her side A'sshaka is able to get her detached spirit hands under the creature on her holding it back as she pulls with her attached arms to get out from under her attacker. She spins and curses under her breath, “Damn it, I forgot about you. So is arrogance my death or will I feast on your blood.” A'sshaka charges the tho'terra she had injured at the beginning of the fight. She activated Bless and Guidance praying to the creator this would work. The creature charges her as well, activating its own ability as its beak begins to glow and air swirls around the gleaming point. A'sshaka suppresses her ability to float and leans back allowing momentum to carry her and the angle of the mountain side sends her under the creature where she thrust her claws into it from her attached and detached arms. Her detached arms weren't near as strong as her attached ones but 6 sets of claws cutting into your underside will do damage to anyone. She spins quickly digging her bloody claws into the ground attempting to stop her descent. The creature lets out a pained screech as its guts tumble out of the shredded remains of its abdomen, before falling down in its own blood and visra dead. A'sshaka lays there panting the adrenaline dropping, leaving her cold and shaking. The pain also surfaces in her mind, the two cuts to her sides leaking a little ectoplasma. Her mind still reeling from the fight and pain clouding her mind she cast simple natural healing. Pain rips through her body as she lets out a wordless scream. A notification flash in her sight.

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  [ATTENTION: YOU HAVE ATTEMPTED TO CAST A SPELL WHEN YOU DO NOT HAVE THE MANA OR WILLPOWER TO DO SO. DUE TO ABILITY BLOOD CASTER YOUR LIFEFORCE WILL BE USED TO SUPPLEMENT REMAINING COST.

  WARNING: YOU CASTED A HEALING SPELL WITH BLOOD MAGIC, THIS IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS AND CAN LEAD TO COMPLICATIONS. SIDE EFFECT: YOU WILL BE PUT INTO A STATE OF REST TO HEAL.

  GOODNIGHT]

  “Shhiiiii…” A'sshaka trails off as her vision goes black and she tumbles down the mountain, falling off the edge and into the empty sky.