Converging Destinies: Part 1

Chapter 41

       Ella shoved the woman's body off of her. Then, she plunged her greatsword, ensuring that she was dead.

       "Alright, well friends! Let's finish this!" Ella shouted. Then, Ella stood up, grabbing her greatsword. She turned to one of the warriors beside her.

       "Alright scum, please die now." She said with a smile. With her greatsword, she brought all of her might swinging in a massive horizontal arc at neck level with one of her attackers. The attack immediately sent the attacker's head flying into the wall with a spray of crimson.

       The slavers all looked to one another with uncertainty. Then, they all nodded to each other and ran for the front door. One opened the front door while another ran out. While one passed Zerai, he extended his hand and the slaver's body went up in white divine flames, and fell to the ground, dead.

       "Aria sends you best regards, scum!" Zerai shouted as the archer ran out.

       "Alright, we don't have much time, we have to burn this place to the ground. Ara' Sei said, fire building in her hand.

       "Alright, Ella, Eris, we three need to get out of the building. You two run back, I'll stay behind." Zerai explained.

       "Alright!" Ella agreed as she ran out.

       "I'm not going back to the inn until Cedric does." Eris said.

       "Don't go back to the inn, go to where I live. The town guards are on their way so they'll see if you try to head further into town from this building." Zerai said. Eris merely nodded, and went out the door.

Fire ran down Ara' Sei's arm, red and furious. She placed her palm towards the wall and a spear of fire hurled itself into the wall. Immediately, the wall began to catch fire. Cedric muttered a few words and the flames rushed up the wall with further ferocity.

       "They're coming closer, Cedric said with growing concern. Ara' Sei merely nodded, and flames began to rush down her arm once more. She took aim at the wall again and fired. The spear of flame impacted the wall once more. Cedric continued his muttering and the flames spread across the wall with further ferocity. The storm cloud in the room faded as Cedric refocused on what was now happening.

       Around half the wall was consumed with flames. The smell of smoke began to choke the room. All of the weapons on the wall began to turn red hot from the flames. Soon, they would begin to melt. Ara' Sei took another deep breath, the flames once again rushed painfully up her arm, the heat from them on the threshold of burning her. This wasn't divine fire that was focused. This was real fire, it was wild and furious, and she could hardly bear to contain its power. The flaming spear once again hurled at the wall, the wood cracking from the force of the impact in the heat. Cedric's muttering quickened, and the flames flailed and danced and ran along the wall.

       While before the flames had been crackling, now the sound had ascended to a deep roar. Almost the whole wall was consumed now. Even with the roar, the sound of clattering armor could just barely be heard.

       "One more time." Ara' Sei whispered. With a deep breath of the now smoky air, she bore the pain of the flames within her once more, orange energy flowing down her arm in rivers of burning pain. The flames built at her hand, and she released them, this time at where the roof and the wall met above her. The roof now began to catch fire. Cedric raised his arms as his muttering escalated to a chant in a tongue Ara' Sei didn't know. The flames eagerly climbed up the wall and the roof began to catch fire.

From the corner of his vision, Cedric saw guards in the doorway.

"Alright Ara' Sei, start burning down the weapons. I'll hold the guards at bay."