Chapter 12 – RumblingVamilion stood waist deep and filthy dirty in the ocean surf that swirled with noxious gasses and ash spewing from the volcano that now rose visibly above the surf in the bay at the mouth of the Laranian River. He had to speed up the eruption process when the first boat of sorcerers had arrived, leaving him no time, not even for daylight. Forcing the volcano's growth meant more powerful eruptions and he could not counter the tsunamis fast enough unless he stood right there in the water. The coastal villages would be wiped out otherwise and hopefully the volcano had encouraged evacuations already. So Vamilion grounded himself to the bedrock below him so he wasn't washed ashore every time the waves came, but that meant he also spent half the time underwater blackened to
