Kahr'uun warriors stumbled back with their weapons raised and magic flaring instinctively. Even after witnessing the transformation, fear was deeply ingrained. How could it not be? This being had slaughtered hundreds only moments ago.
She stopped when she reached Victor.
He was still kneeling with his body drained beyond exhaustion and shoulders sagging as if the weight of the sky rested upon them.
A young and terrified Kahr'uun warrior near the front lost his nerve.
"She's going to kill him!" he screamed.
A shard of ice condensed in his palm and hurled forward.
Victor reacted without thinking.
Boom.
A telekinetic wave exploded outward from him. The warrior was flung backward as if struck by a mountain, skidding across the ice before slamming into a snowbank unconscious.
Victor's voice rang across the battlefield, hoarse but ironclad.
"No one touches her."
Silence fell like a blade.
The girl stepped closer, then lowered herself smoothly to one knee before Victor.
