In the town square, the Thorn-Lashers reacted to the sudden threat. They turned away from the dying Spectral Knights, seeking escape routes. But the fire had already spread to surround them. Flames blocked every exit, forming walls of heat that made approach impossible.
The plant creatures tried to retreat anyway. They pushed toward the streets, desperate to escape the encroaching inferno. But the fire moved faster, and the buildings collapsed even faster.
The fire tore through the vines, devoured the walls, and turned every street into a tunnel of flame.
The first Thorn-Lashers to reach the fire died. Their bodies ignited as soon as they touched. The temperature was simply too hot. The flames consumed the dry plant matter in seconds, and their cores soon after.
The spheres cracked from the heat, releasing bursts of greenish fluid that evaporated in the flames.
