Bentner had had enough time to get into the air, though he decided that this wouldn't be enough. He wasn't Morwena, who had constant practice in these things - he had been stuck in a fortress for the last six years without anyone but a few assassins coming close to him. He lacked dodging skills by now and not only because of his age. As such, he had to improvise.
Attacking the demi-god itself was useless, that much he knew, so he only had to buy himself enough time to avoid the attacks. The distance between them had luckily been big enough so that he had time to finish an illusion spell where he hovered in the air and then flew to the right while sending the illusion of him to the left. Bentner doubted that a deity could be fooled by an illusion, but maybe it would surprise Taxat enough to slow him down for a second, ensuring that Bentner could avoid the demi-god for sure.
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Morwena noted quite satisfied that while the water had went through the demi-god, it had still stopped him, so that meant that he felt it at least in some way. This was good, it would help her.
Hovering only a bit above the ground now, Morwena felt the energy blast from behind coming, but had to concentrate on Taxat charging at her from above as well. Flying straight up to avoid the blow would bring her too dangerously close to the demi-god during the maneuver. Morwena narrowed her eyes. She was usually careful, but that was because her Dear wished her to be so. She herself liked to take a risk or two sometimes and if it would help her, maybe she should this time.
She had the wind spell readied, but she waited longer than she had done so far. If she didn't evade right away, Taxat would come straight at her - and with that towards his own blast as well. Morwena guessed that his own attack would either cause no damage at all to him or harm him more than she could and she was willing to take that chance. She had no idea if those flames of his mane were really burning, but if they were, she would surely feel that soon. Waiting until the last second, she only used her wind magic to fly to the left when the demi-god had almost reached her, hoping that his flames wouldn't burn her and his own blast would stop him, effectively hitting him more than hitting her. She did prepare for a few bruises, though.