Marek should have used the miniature sun to keep them pinned down.
Unfortunately for him, the ground had other ideas.
Ethan's earlier attack had torn several deep fissures through the clearing, one of them directly beneath Marek's feet. Before he could retreat, the earth supporting him collapsed.
Marek plunged into the crevice with the falling rubble.
"Wait—"
The crash of stone quickly drowned out his voice.
Radiant Aegis released a soft glow.
Light spread outward from the center of the shield, forming a gentle shock wave. When it passed over Ethan and the others, it merely stirred their clothes and hair.
But for Marek, trapped underground, it was anything but gentle.
The wind of light first scattered the storm of flames erupting from the miniature sun, then swept up the shattered rocks around the fissure. The stones changed direction in midair and rained down into the crevice where Marek had fallen.
