Barrier

"What's going on!" The girl walking beside Wain exclaimed as she looked at the massive laser burning the ground and the woods.

"What I was talking about. Now you realize that you would definitely have died if you had stayed in the fortress just a little while longer." Wain said and lowered the girl he was carrying to the ground.

They had already moved a few hundred meters away from the fortress, but they could still feel the heat from the fire as if they were in the middle of a bonfire.

"You will get to the village on your own. It's time for me to go back."

"What? Do you want to go back there? Isn't it dangerous for you?"

"It is, but I'm sure it will be over soon. Good luck." Wain said and ran toward the fortress.

...

"Damn, I didn't know Zariel had such powerful skills. My information was incomplete." Keith shook his head disappointedly.

"Huh, you should be glad you're alive at all." Osvald said suddenly.