The Queen's Lament

The darkness didn't last long for Jin-Sil, whose eyes fluttered open to the deafening roar of flames and the almost blistering heat they shed as a torrent of fire ate away at a nearby wall.

The roar of flames was only drowned out occasionally by the clap of thunder and explosions in the opposite direction.

It took Jin-Sil a second to adjust to this sudden cacophony, wincing as the sound threatened to blow her eardrums out with every thunderclap.

"I can't hold the wall much longer!" Rì-Chū's voice entered her ears.

"The cave isn't large enough for a brawl of this magnitude! Hold it as long as you can, Rì-Chū!" Kary replied to him.

Jin-Sil looked around, noticing Cory at her side but looking away from her and everyone on high alert.