'Mentor, have you found a new favorite? Am I not your most beloved student anymore?'
Seeing his expression, Annabella was both exasperated and amused, wanting nothing more than to smack him on the head a few times.
But just at that moment...
BOOM—
A deafening explosion, like muffled thunder, erupted near the coast, shaking the ruins beneath their feet and sending rubble tumbling down!
Immediately after, in the direction of Storm Bay, a pillar of fire shot into the sky, bathing half the night in an orange-red glow as thick smoke billowed upward.
Annabella's gaze sharpened. In a flash, she leaped nimbly onto the back of the Wind-Winged Bone Dragon.
The bone dragon beat its wings, carrying her swiftly into the sky.
From her high vantage point, the view was unobstructed.
A faint white glow surfaced in her azure eyes.
