BOOM!
The explosion roared through the sanctuary, a deafening echo that seemed to shake the very air around him. Riley stumbled back, his mind racing to process the chaos.
CLANG!!!
SHISHHH!
From every direction—front, back, left, right—deadly attacks rained down on him like an unrelenting storm.
Swords clashed, spells ignited, and the sheer force of it all was enough to make his ears ring.
He dodged.
He parried.
He blocked.
Yet, no matter how fast he moved or how precisely he countered, the attacks kept coming, an endless cascade of violence that gave him no time to breathe.
Every action felt like a desperate gamble, every moment a test of survival.
BOOM!
A fireball spell exploded behind him, engulfing the area in a fiery inferno.
The shockwave slammed into his back, and the heat was unbearable. Riley clenched his teeth, his muscles screaming as he felt the searing pain of his burnt skin.
"That mage..."