Ignis lunged forward and drove her fist straight into the golem's chest.
The impact split the ice. A web of cracks branched outward from the point of contact, and a chunk of crystal armor broke loose, shattering against the floor. But her hand came back bleeding. The ice had cut through her knuckles, and thin lines of red dripped onto the frost.
She didn't have time to shake it off.
The golem's other arm swung in from the side, a massive claw of jagged ice aimed straight at her head.
Ignis leaped. The claw carved through the space where she'd been standing and slammed into the wall behind her, shattering a section of the stone. She twisted in the air, ready to land—
Then the golem's mouth opened.
A torrent of frost roared out, wide and blinding, a beam of killing cold that filled the chamber in an instant.
Ignis threw both arms up, crossing them in front of her face.
