Time seemed to slow in Esmeralda's eyes. She was already sifting through all the spells she knew in her mind, trying to figure out how best to get rid of a fire. But everything she had would be too aggressive, so she had already settled for the most direct method.
Just as she was about to stomp out the flames herself, and considering how best to torture and shred Grey to pieces…
Poof.
One would have thought it was a sound effect from a comedy, but that was exactly what happened. The blueprints vanished into a puff of smoke, becoming motes of light and blips of glyphs and data that spiralled into Grey.
"No!" Esmeralda's eyes opened wide, a blooming power erupting from her body and sending Grey flying back.
Everything scattered.
Amunet hit the walls, the fake blueprints were shredded apart, and even the resources that piled onto the tables were sent scattering.
