Leona was curled up on the mattress while still facing the cell door and still trying to regain enough strength to make her move when the time came to act. She was slowly recovering physical strength and mental awareness, but she still felt sluggish from whatever it was that was on the cloth the cultist had put over her mouth before she was taken here... wherever "here" was. Her recovery was not helped by the blood red torch in the cell; the unnatural light made sleep impossible and closing her eyes did not offer much relief from how irritating it was. The unnatural color bathed every corner of the cell, so turning her back to it did not help either.
The blonde did the best she could to cope with the circumstances of her captivity. This was the third time in her career that someone had taken her captive. The first time was when she had surrendered to Medeia to spare Hargeon Town from further destruction after their duel several months ago. The second time was when the human traffickers had captured her in Capital Crocus. The third time was when she was sold to the cultists and taken to her current location. Leona had no idea if she had been captured two times or three since she had been sold to the cultists instead of being captured by them, but in the end it did not really matter... getting free and eliminating as many cult members as she could find was of much more importance.
As if on cue the cell door opened and in walked a brown-robed cultist, who wasted no time in addressing the blonde.
"Your time is drawing closer. Soon your blood will help us regain favor with our patron." He told her calmly before spinning on his heels and walking back out of the cell. The door was slammed shut and locked again. Leona took a deep breath and struggled to her feet. She had received the warning that she was going to be sacrificed soon and that was her cue to act to avoid ending her life looking at the ceiling while draped across a sacrificial altar.
Leona wobbled on her feet for a moment before steadying herself. She held her hands out in front of her at a 45-degree angle and used her special adrenaline rush to give herself the strength to break the manacles. The blonde felt a surge of adrenaline she had not felt in years before she moved her hands apart, easily breaking her bonds. Now that her hands were free she needed to remove the metal collar from around her neck. She placed her fingers on the inside of it and pulled outward, shattering the object with contemptuous ease.
The disguised Wizard Saint suspected that the noise of metal being broken was audible from outside the cell, so she needed to act fast. Leona raised her right hand and prepared an Air Pressure spell. When the spell was ready she thrust her right palm forward and fired a visible horizontal column of compressed air that hit the door in the center and blasted it open. Leona rushed through the open cell door and into the hallway.
-Inside the hallway-
Leona glanced left, then she glanced right. She quickly determined that she was in a cell block with seven doors consisting of three on the left and three more on the right. She was not sure if anyone else was being held in this cell block, so she was going to check before she started killing any cultists who tried to apprehend her. Since she was still not fully herself there was no shame in calling in some help.
Leona raised her hands to the sky, channeled magic into her body, and called for Sky Champion Rafale.
"SKY CHAMPION RAFALE!" Leona called out. The green-clad summon with a winged helmet seemingly appeared from the ceiling before descending and landing beside the blonde. Once both feet hit the ground he faced her.
"Help me get out of here!" Leona instructed him. He turned left to face the door that led out of the cell block and she felt the special adrenaline rush wear off. Even though it had been brief it had accomplished its purpose because she was now free and was about to begin carrying out the mission the Order of Lightbringers had given her.
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- Notes:
- Leona has used the X-Rank Ascendant Ability Power of Apocalypse in Wind Strike Magic to gain enough Strength to free herself from her metal bonds. It is now on cooldown for six posts.