The bowstring creaked as Skadi drew it back further, the air splitting with icy pressure. Her glacier-tipped arrow glowed with killing intent.
"Scatter!" Hermes shouted.
The wolf-dragon had already fled far into the storm. It was just them now. The three of them against the goddess of winter herself.
Skadi released the arrow.
It was like an ice missile whizzing through the air. Magni roared and slammed his fists together, flames bursting outward in a fiery shield.
The arrow pierced it clean through, exploding into shards that froze the fire mid-burn. The shockwave sent Magni tumbling backward, half-buried in snow.
Hermes darted forward, Sirentone ringing out in a sharp command. "Stop!"
The sound hit like a shockwave, snow blasting off the ground. For a moment, Skadi's stride faltered. But then she smirked, utterly unfazed, her aura crashing over them again.
"You believe mortal tricks will bind me?" Her voice was soft, mocking.
