The battlefield burned with flames.
Adrian stood a few feet away, watching the chaos unfold—the chaos caused by Ariana.
She was merciless.
Every attack she unleashed felt like it had been waiting for this moment. Spells she had never used before—ones she'd only practiced in theory—were now being hurled freely, as if she had invited these monsters just to test them out.
She let them surround her on purpose, only to explode from the center moments later, sending bodies flying, heads cracking, and lives ending with each swing of her weapon.
The battlefield was in ruins—mud spikes jutted from the ground, walls of earth stood like torn barricades, and craters formed where her spells had landed. Ariana moved like a storm, cutting through dozens of monsters every second.
"Ariana! Above!" Adrian shouted.
She paused.
Thwack!
A goblin, trying to sneak up on her from the side, was shot down.