Chapter 34: Agent Introductions
Nathan watched the magic burn in the distance, spreading farther and faster than any mundane fire should. The purple flames danced across the Oligarch’s palace and leapt to the military complex at its base and the cliffs on either side. It eagerly spread to the private docks underneath the palace where a trio of proud warships were preparing to launch. Their frames blackened before his eyes and then the fire jumped to the water, and Nathan worried.
This spell seems to be able to use anything as fuel - even water. Do I need to go back and put it out so it doesn’t consume the entire city - or the continent? There’s no way it spreads across all of Davrar… right?
He watched the flames like a hawk, hesitating as he thought about going back to the city that had just tried to kill him with dozens of siege engines.
They’ve got other worries. I can fly overhead, put out the fire, then fly back. The flames should give me more than enough Stamina to catch back up with the ship.
Then the fire on the outskirts of the conflagration started shifting from purple to a more natural orange and the spread slowed in correspondence. Nathan relaxed slightly and looked down to check on the Grace of the Mists. The boat had slowed from its headlong dash, though it still cut through the calm waters of the bay on its way towards the dark ocean beyond.
End of Magic has leveled to 748! Your party has faced the might of Litcliff and destroyed their most potent armaments!
Spellslayer has leveled to 532! Your party has escaped being hunted by the might of a nation!
When he looked back towards Litcliff the flames formed a complete gradient, with the palace still burning purple while the outer sections burned with natural flames. The fires on the water and the bare rock of the cliff quickly fizzled out, though the ships and several buildings continued to blaze. The area covered by the magical purple flames contracted by the second. But it wasn’t fast enough to save the central edifice of the palace, which slumped inwards as the blackened stone lost structural integrity.
It looks like it’ll burn itself out on its own.