Hide completely abandoned standard movement and threw his entire body forward, pushing his Agility to its absolute peak. He became a blur of dark scales, tearing through the overgrown moss and grass of the mountain path.
The ruined house was only a few hundred yards away, but in the pitch-black night, it felt like miles.
Another violent crash echoed through the darkness. The entire roof of the moss-covered house caved in, sending a massive plume of dust and shattered wood into the air.
Elara was standing in the middle of the ruined street, her wand glowing with frantic, pale blue light.
"Get away from her!" Elara screamed, her voice cracking with desperation.
She thrust her wand forward. A dozen jagged spikes of pure ice materialized in the air and shot toward the collapsed house like missiles.
Well, she could not see now that the fire was gone, so she fired them all blindly in the direction.
