Patton and Kasto didn't waste a single heartbeat. They broke into a dead sprint across the flat, rocky crossroads, kicking up dust as they hurried toward the smoking volcanic wasteland that had just belonged to the Elementalists.
Thor stood at the crest of the blackened ridge, waiting for them.
Ordinarily, such a move would have invited immediate conflict.
A vacant territory was the most valuable thing in this competition. Any ambitious team would have contested it the moment it became available. Normally, Enchanter-D or Specialist-D would have launched an intercepting strike to claim the territory for themselves.
But as the teams watched Kasto and Patton run completely exposed across the center plain, neither of them made a move. No one dared to step out of their bounds. .
The reason was standing in the middle of the volcanic plain.
