The candidates still on the rooftop saw the lightning-wrapped man finally plummeting from the stormy sky.
"That's it!" shouted the short-haired woman, pointing. "That's our signal!"
The others gave quick nods and moved without hesitation.
They had already learned how to enhance their bodies with Magic to survive a fall from that height and to run faster once they hit the ground.
They leapt. Rain and wind whipped at their faces as they dropped.
The impact cracked the wet rooftop beneath them, but the enhancement held.
The moment their feet hit the muddy ground, they sprinted toward the crater where the lightning being had fallen. Sparks and dust rose in thick waves from the small impact site.
Billy and Cody descended moments later.
"Give him hell!" Billy roared through the storm.
The four candidates didn't need to be told twice. They charged in together, circling the crater's edge.
