"Matron, where should we head next?" Lynch's voice echoed from the dust-filled hall's center.
Batana watched the events unfold before her in disbelief. What kind of spell could produce such an effect? She considered herself quite skilled in magic, having faced many mages in her life, yet she had never seen such destruction from a single spell. And it seemed that this human mage said little more than "Magic power..." without any incantation in the usual sense! What was happening?
The most surprising thing was that she hadn't even used a petrification magic, just a blinding technique that looked similar. Yet, the mage had approached the illusion without any additional protection and directly confronted the petrifying ray! How did he do that? Could he be carrying an item that protects against petrification? But how did he know petrification could appear here?
