Arad opened the door and took a step outside, the barrier around Hati's house crackled like lightning, sending waves of heat as it assaulted Arad's body in the blink of an eye. The barrier was a massive array designed to attack intruders and burn them into ash.
Arad was carrying Serin on his shoulders and Ignis on his back, but even so, he wasn't worried a single bit. The large bolts of magic and lightning instantly shifted toward his body as he acted like a ground wire, absorbing all the damage. The void is always hungry and seeks to be filled, and magic wasn't an exception to it.
The flash of lightning illuminated Hati's whole garden and its radian glow reached the lions' houses in the distance, sending them into a panic. It was thirty years since the array attacked something, and they didn't expect anyone to be such a foot as to intrude on Hati's house so they all rushed to attack.