High above the Fuleila Plane, three silent figures watched as tiny flames flickered nimbly within a half-collapsed church. At some unknown point, the afterglow of sunset had stained the clouds red, while faint wails of agony made even the drifting breeze tremble.
The three had clearly lingered in the sky for quite some time, and none of them found the scene below surprising. At that very moment, every place inhabited by intelligent life across the Fuleila Plane was shimmering with orange-yellow light like a lit-up starry sky. The tragedy in the cathedral was merely a microcosm of the entire miserable world. Horrifying disasters were unfolding freely across the whole plane, and nowhere was any less horrific than the cathedral.
"Wow, wow, wow, I never would've guessed it. Sian, you really know how to have fun. I was thinking we could just gather up these believers, dig a big pit, and sell them off, but who knew you had such an entertaining spell? Hahahaha, look at those little fire people rolling around on the ground. They're absolutely hilarious."
Standing on the far left was Instant Kill Spear Kane-Bisadas, clad in armor. The foul-natured fellow was watching the scene in the cathedral with the eager fascination of a child watching ants get burned. When he saw several believers, ignited into torches, rolling and flailing in agony, the mad knight burst into unconstrained laughter.
Clearly, such an "entertaining" spectacle suited his tastes perfectly.
However, Whisper of Destruction, who was also watching the disaster spread from high in the sky, clearly did not share the knight's appreciation for such "fun."
It was indeed his spell that had unleashed the flames now slaughtering every intelligent creature across the Fuleila Plane, but he had not cast it for some twisted amusement. Nor had this highly practical