The silence in the Hall of Eternal Flame lasted for only three seconds.
Three seconds where Roland's gray eyes locked intently onto Seraphina's red ones. Three seconds where the dragon princess's tears fell, striking the unforgiving obsidian floor.
And exactly on the fourth second... an explosion of blistering heat shattered everything.
Hsssh! CRACK!
Ignis stomped his scaled foot. The heavy impact triggered a web of cracks and sparked a shower of embers. The temperature around the bridge spiked drastically in a heartbeat, suffocating the lungs.
"BLACK MAGIC!" Ignis roared.
The dragon prince's voice boomed, ricocheting wildly among the crater's stalactites. His crimson hair looked as though it were genuinely ablaze. He pointed his razor-sharp talon straight at Roland's chest.
"You dare poison the Crown Princess's mind with cheap illusions?! What kind of foul demon did you plant in her head, huh, you lowly human?!"
