Viran also caught the telltale flicker of darkmagic on board, and was tempted to go lend support—that, too, was unnecessary. Two odhonata darted over the ship, and their riders dropped three sizable boulders on the Moorfainians. The black spell flickered out, meaning the rocks had killed the demon, or the sorcerers, or both.
“We’ll head to the next ship down,” Viran told Nhesa. Between Endred’s group and the air unit, he trusted that destroyer would be taken care of.
Nhesa nodded and the khrill changed course, veering for the warship beyond Endred’s. Two destroyers had stalled in the middle of the bay and were broadsiding—that couldn’t be good—but three more had forged ahead and were preparing to land. And though Enwha’s unit and the Ghoori warriors lurked in the jungle to engage the Moo
