Alden staggered.
All around him, a furious rumble shook Inferno's Plain as if an enraged Colossus had descended on the igneous land. Following that, a vast crack rolled across the molten plain like a deafening thunderclap - the frozen layer shrouding it immediately hissed, melting, the resulting steam boiling and evaporating almost in an instant.
'Not good.'
The golden web in Alden's vision quaked.
The squall of violent motion was even more intense than when the Defiled Salamander had first arrived to slay them for trespassing.
Alden's expression turned grim.
The Keeper's Apprentice disappeared just in time to evade a ferocious breath from the Salamander. At the same time, the ground beneath him shattered, heralding a fountain of hot, scorching, sizzling magma.
Alden reappeared beside Yuki and Isolde, seeking safety in the Frost Clan duo's ice.
He stared at the burning landscape, his gaze reflecting a molten plain drowning in rivers of fire.
