One after the other, their numbers dropped, but each kill wasn't easy.
Chris's breath came in visible puffs. Many pillars in the hall were destroyed, small craters pocked the ground, and smoke and fire consumed entire sections. Dead guardians lay all around.
The Naija youth stood where the hall's massive door used to be, his back facing the surface.
Maybe I should have surrendered earlier, he thought. A slight chuckle escaped his lips; his body looked like a butchered corpse.
The sapphire female guardian appeared just as his chuckling faded.
"Blazing Domain!" she chanted, her voice thundering, eyes burning.
A large section of the temple turned into a sea of blue fire.
Chris's core protection held, but the heat still scorched his dried, broken skin even more.
"You know, for a woman
