The words had scarcely left his mouth before an overwhelming pressure erupted throughout the hut.
BOOM!
The walls groaned. Ancient timber creaked beneath an invisible weight, and the entire hut shuddered as though some colossal hand had descended upon it. Dust drifted from the ceiling in fine clouds while cracks snaked across the worn wooden floor.
Outside, the heavens answered.
Thunder exploded across the night, each deafening roar seeming to shake the mountains themselves. Blinding veins of silver lightning tore across the black sky, illuminating the forest in violent flashes before plunging it back into darkness.
The wind rose without warning, trees bent as though bowing before an unseen sovereign.
