The moment the word…
BEGIN.
…was shouted by the crowd, Ravenor moved.
Click.
Snap!
The familiar sound of his lighter and fingers moving against each other echoed across the fight platform.
Before most of the spectators could even understand what had happened, Ravenor had already taken the lighter out, flicked it open with a sharp movement of his hand, and ignited it.
At almost the same instant, his fingers moved.
A Flame Alchemy Circle formed beneath Vera's boot.
Scarlet Cognis flashed across the ground.
Boom!
An explosion erupted from the exact place where Vera had been standing.
Flames rushed upward.
Smoke spread across the platform.
The force of the Instant Flame Burst pushed loose snow away from the point of impact, while small pieces of stone jumped from the ground and rolled across the damaged platform.
"There it is!!! The Instant Flame Burst!!!"
Patrick shouted loudly.
His voice came through every speaker in the Arena.
At the commentator's seating section…
