"Ascendeo!" Seth yelled, holding up his hand, and the vines suddenly burst into flames at his feet.

Virtra jumped back, as if she had been burned. "You insolent little ..." She raised her arms abruptly and Seth quickly pulled his sword from its sheath and ran it through her stomach, sending her backward toward the ground. She suddenly started aging, but placed her hands quickly over the wound and started muttering a spell over it.

Sam sat up, regaining consciousness ...