From the corner of his eye, Ronald glimpsed a blur approaching at terrifying speed.
His heart lurched, and he immediately activated a short teleportation technique, vanishing from his position and reappearing more than fifty meters away.
Meanwhile, the monk pivoted away from Ralph and executed a swift kick that forced the captain backward. Without wasting a heartbeat, he raised his staff and roared, "Dragon's Rage!"
Flames spiraled around the staff as ether condensed violently at its tip. With a thrust into empty air, the swirling fire shaped itself into a dragon, its blazing form coiling and roaring before it shot forward toward Prince Kaelan.
Although the monk had the chance to strike Ralph mid-air, he chose instead to target the prince fifteen meters away, clearly intending to disrupt the group's core.
The dragon-shaped inferno streaked across the clearing.
