And yet, the number of small eyes around Lunethar continued to grow.
No more large eyes had appeared. Everyone scanned the battlefield, but there were no other targets of comparable size. The one Seraphine had destroyed with her last arrow had most likely been the final large eye.
They didn't pursue Lunethar immediately.
All eyes turned to Queen Elowen and Kaelira.
The freezing field still suppressed the entire area, buying Kaelira enough time to finish her attack. The purple-red energy sphere between her hands continued to expand as she compressed layer after layer of violent power into it. Its surface gradually darkened from purple-red to deep crimson, leaving only a few purple motes drifting within.
Each new surge of power produced a low tremor in the surrounding space.
