The sounds of battle led Atheline back toward his companions long before he actually saw them, which wasn't surprising.
Prince Lucifer possessed all the subtlety of a collapsing mountain. A distant explosion echoed through the forest, then another. Several birds fled from nearby trees as a result.
A few seconds later a shockwave rolled through the snow-covered woods. Snow rose into a cloud, covering the air in white.
Atheline sighed in resignation.
"I guess they found something."
A louder explosion followed just afterwards.
"... Or something found them."
When he finally emerged from the trees, he discovered the answer almost immediately. Simion was standing atop a massive boulder while lightning surged around his sword, Prince Lucifer was wrestling a corrupted frost mammoth barehanded.
Atheline stopped walking.
"..."
