The weakly beating dragon heart was in Adam's hand, his fingers glowing with a faint dark light as he struggled on, gasping for life on the ground. Desperation and fear engulfed the whole courtyard as spells went on being absorbed by Adam one after another. His laughter filled the air-deep, cold, and malicious.
Instantly, waves of determination swept the student army; all chains of despair were torn asunder. The All-Mother raised her hands, with her face flaming, and shrieked with a voice deep and commanding,
"Everybody! Gather your magic! Let the power be combined!
One by one, the women of the academy followed suit, stepping forward and focusing their energies. Fire, water, air, and earth streams of light merged into a bright vortex of power whirling above them like a storm. The air wa
