The situation had turned grim in an instant.
The other four Hero Candidates were completely restrained by the 'Curse Graveyard', while Knight was literally dying.
Curse and death law energies infused in the dragon's blood raced through his veins toward his heart. He tried to resist with his own infernal magic, but this was a curse fuelled by the dragon's life, so his resistance was doomed to fail.
Elaine, the only one not immobilised, analysed the situation in seconds.
She could feel and see the vitality of the Hero Candidates dropping in real time, and she noticed that Knight's was falling twice as fast as the others, in sync with the dragon's.
Although the Bounded Field was still active and trapping her, it would collapse when the dragon died along with Knight, and she'd be free to leave.
But…
