Andesa caught the gemstone with one hand, and suddenly a deafening roar echoed from behind the mist, the clouds split apart in an instant, and a massive dragon's head opened its blood-red maw towards her without warning.
"A dragon!?"
Andesa jumped in surprise, immediately chanting loudly, "North Wind, I command you to show the severity of winter!"
She stretched her palm forward, and out of thin air, a storm of snow appeared behind her. Sharp ice crystals cut forward like knives, and a fierce wind carrying snow and rain whistled past Andesa's shoulder and body, yet she remained unharmed; her long hair flew wildly in the wind, but she was as steady as a queen controlling ice and snow, unmoving. In an instant, frost spread across her surroundings, and then a thick layer of ice covered the ground.
