The battlefield was a burning graveyard of ten thousand monsters. The smell of sulfur and charred flesh hung thick in the air, but Kairos did not notice it. As he walked back onto the jagged, ash-covered volcanic rocks, the world around him seemed to slow down. Behind him, a quarter of a mile away, his father lay critically wounded in the dirt. The frantic shouts of Ignis and Daemon echoed through the smoke, calling for the medics. Soltheia's voice pierced the chaos, crying out as she rushed to the old general's side, her hands shining with a desperate green light.
