Iron-Scale stood up to his full height and glared at the six Earthlings. Gulag stepped out from the shadows of the nearby colonnade. She rested a bone club on her shoulder. Torix crawled down the palace walls to surround the perimeter.
"Burn them all!" Julian commanded. He quickly tossed the crimson crystal back to Zach.
Zach slammed his hands into the dirt to establish the magical connection. Red mana tethers erupted from the artifact and snapped directly into Sarah's back.
Her eyes immediately ignited with white light. She aimed both hands at Iron-Scale and unleashed a concentrated beam of thermal annihilation.
Gulag reacted instantly. She slammed her club into the courtyard floor and activated her mana core. A slab of foundational bedrock erupted from the ground directly in front of Iron-Scale. The thermal beam struck the rock.
The intense temperature liquefied the stone into molten slag. Fortunately, the barrier absorbed the attack.
