Page 238 of Vameer

I shove all my supercharged Fire Touch into my sword, turning the steel white. While my gravito wraps itself around Tosa.

It seals just as his body implodes.

The thud is muted but loud in the sudden silence.

I lift my sword as my gravito releases, and a puff of ash floats around my feet.

The fighting has stopped.

There is no more gunfire. And no guards left.

Orion trots over from the rock ledge with the pair of drawers in his mouth.

We slowly gather together in the center of the clearing, Dread moving sections of earth as he walks, smothering any fires that still burn with dirt.

Orion shifts back into a human, catching the undergarment before it falls to the ground.

All the men I came with are here. Plus Uncle Frio. And this big bastard who helped me kill King Tosa, no questions asked.

The crunch of a branch pulls our attention to the south.

A human starts to run through the trees. Away from us.

Dread shifts, but the big man flicks his wrist first, and a portal appears in front of the fleeing human.

The human tries to turn. Attempting to miss the glowing doorway.

But he was too close.

He skids partway into the portal, and the big man closes his fist.

The portal snaps shut, taking half the human’s body with it.

We stand in silence for a moment. Then the missing parts of the man start to drop from above.

“Oops.” The big man brushes his hand through the air, and the feeling of gravito, that I would recognize anywhere, blows the limbs away from us.

We all turn to face him.

Gravito and druid magic. Another thing that should not be possible.

“What are you?” I shift closer.

He shrugs his giant fur-covered shoulders.

“Okay, then who are you?”

Volik steps up beside me. “Tell us your name.”

The big man smirks. “That’s a bit complicated. I—” He looks down and slaps a hand to his chest. His eyes are wild when they meet mine again. “Deos perdere debeo!”

My brows furrow.

The big man lets out a hiss unlike any I’ve heard before.

Then… he vanishes.

No portal.