Before I could react, Aryis was thrown across the room and hit the wall hard.
I swung my sword and drove it deep into a troll's chest. It slumped to the ground.
Suddenly the air shifted, as if something was pulling it from the room to a fixed point.
The room seemed to pause from the shift; even the trolls looked around, confused for a moment.
Then,
From the corner of my eye, I saw it.
Aryis rose from the wall, her eyes glowing golden as she began to float above the floor.
I was stunned in place; trolls ran past me, running straight for her like moths to a flame.
She swept a hand up and made a tight fist, and a staff appeared in her hand. Wooden and crooked, she slammed it into the ground as if that would stop the trolls.
I almost laughed at her attempt. But the trolls stopped mid-step; she then began to float among their ranks, tapping them on the shoulders with her staff. When she tapped them, they disappeared, as they had never even entered.
I watched as she moved through them as if she was just walking through a simple forest.
Once she made the final one disappear, her feet met the ground. She looked at me, golden eyes meeting mine.
“Interesting enough for you?” She asked.
“What did you just say?” My heart pounded in my ears.
In response, she slumped to the ground as something had just emptied out of her.
I quickly picked her up, shouting at William to guard the door and not to disturb us.
He nodded. “What is she, sir?” He asked as I began climbing the stairs to her room.
“I don’t know,” I told him, “But I will find out.”