Green energy exploded from Justin's sword with each swing. Rock and earth blew apart. The daemyn bombs hitting the city were only background noise. Justin defended against the blasts when necessary, but he focused his efforts on cutting down the crater wall.

Sweat coated his face as he pumped out the waters of aurym from the deep, deep well of his soul, steadily carving a trench through rock. It was as if he were watching himself from somewhere outside his body, awestruck and a bit ...