"Excellent," she was actually impressed, even in tone. He could hold up to a barrage, and Akua's magic certainly wasn't without a punch. She didn't have the power of Night with her, of course. She wasn't linked to the Sisters anymore, and had not been for some time, but she had always had a great deal of power, even without it.

"That just means I get to be a little more creative doesn't it?"

It was more of a challenge, now. Akua's fingers danced, as she seemed to rip the earth and rock from beneath her feet, already sharpened and hard, when it began in earnest, the force harder -- hard enough to move him, if he hadn't expected it. It's enough to whip the force of the shield, before the earth spread, covered the shield itself, and the earth hardened, before it started to sizzle, like the earth was trying to eat away at the shield.