Fire raged around the two Talented, large plumes of smoke slowly rising into the cloudy afternoon sky.
What had started as a mere investigation had escalated into a full-blown war.
Norvax stood a short distance away from Candace, undaunted by her frightening show of power.
Behind him, a bit of a distance away, Alissa's body lay on the ground, obscured behind the veil of smoke from the inferno raging around them.
Despite the exponential scale of destruction around them, the mundane firefighters were nowhere to be seen.
Artifacts like the one the Crows had used, ridiculously expensive, truly showed their value at such moments. And to top it all up, the Praesagius hadn't had to lift a finger, so it wasn't even on their expense.
Well, technically speaking, they'd sent two agents, but still getting the Crows to use a rare resource on this scale was a win in the Norvax book.
