Boom!
The red beam crashed into Dragonheart.
The impact was horrifying.
A violent shockwave exploded outward, tearing the cursed mist apart and blasting Jessica, Caroline, Nancy, and the other elves backward several steps. The ground beneath Max shattered instantly, cracks spreading in all directions across the pale bark like broken glass.
His arms trembled under the force of the beam, and even though Dragonheart blocked the attack, the power behind it did not disappear. It drove into him like a collapsing mountain.
For the first time in front of them, Max was blasted away.
His body flew backward violently, smashing through a broken stone pillar and dragging a long scar across the wooden ground before he finally twisted in midair, stabbed Dragonheart into the surface beneath him, and forced himself to stop. Even then, the remaining force pushed him several more meters before the sword carved a deep trench into the ground.
The battlefield fell into stunned silence.
