The adventurers could only stare in stunned silence as the smoke cleared. Ash still floated in the air where the creature's body had disintegrated and the circular scorch mark on the ground sizzled faintly with leftover heat.
Their eyes were wide with disbelief frozen on their faces.
They had seen something like this once before when Eccar fought for them. That time Eccar was manipulating the earth seemingly with his mind alone and leveling an entire few meters around him in the blink of an eye.
That memory had burned into their minds. And now, this stranger had just done something terrifyingly similar. He have the same overwhelming pressure, same air of effortless and absolute control. Only instead of stone and soil, this one used fire like it was part of his blood.
Hund exhaled slowly, whispering, "That… that was just like Eccar…"
"But fire instead of earth," Selene added. "Are there two of them now?"
